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US officials tried to lobby against Marine Le Pen election ban, French judge says 21 janvier 2026 à 17:38

US officials tried to lobby against Marine Le Pen election ban, French judge says

Par :Angelique Chrisafis in Paris and Andrew Roth · global affairs correspondent

21 janvier 2026 à 17:38

Magali Lafourcade says the two envoys were convinced the far-right leader’s corruption trial had been political

A French magistrate has said two Trump administration emissaries approached her seeking to lobby against an election ban on the French far-right leader Marine Le Pen.

Magali Lafourcade, the secretary general of France’s human rights commission (CNCDH), an independent body that advises the government, told Agence France-Presse (AFP) she had reported the content of the meeting to the French foreign ministry immediately, fearing a potential “manipulation of the public debate in France”.

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Gavin Newsom attacks Europe’s ‘complicity’ over Trump Greenland demands 20 janvier 2026 à 16:43

Gavin Newsom attacks Europe’s ‘complicity’ over Trump Greenland demands

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Par :Andrew Roth Global affairs correspondent

20 janvier 2026 à 16:43

California governor says world leaders are ‘played’ by the US president and urges them to stop rolling over

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Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, has decried Europeans for their “complicity” in failing to stand up to Donald Trump’s demands that he be allowed to buy or annex Greenland.

Newsom, a frontrunner among Democratic candidates for president in 2028, told reporters at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday that Europeans were being “played” by Trump and that their efforts to negotiate with him were “not diplomacy, it’s stupidity”.

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Might is right: US ‘foreign policy’ held hostage to mad king Trump’s whims 20 janvier 2026 à 15:40

Might is right: US ‘foreign policy’ held hostage to mad king Trump’s whims

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Par :Andrew Roth Global affairs correspondent

20 janvier 2026 à 15:40

Increasingly unpopular at home, a president obsessed by his legacy has turned his scattergun on the world stage

One year into the second Trump administration, an actual US foreign policy remains just a nice idea. Instead, the world has been forced to adapt to the world according to Donald Trump: one increasingly shaped by his erratic shifts and unpredictable decisions, his fury at perceived slights and his growing desire to stamp his legacy in the model of an imperial leader from centuries past.

Think of it as the mad king’s court, where every day is a carnival.

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