France’s Marine Le Pen readies for fight with EU

法国的玛丽娜·勒庞备战与欧盟的斗争

FT News Briefing

2026-10-14

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France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen is gearing up for a fight with the EU if elected president next year, investors in Accenture cannot decide if AI will be an existential threat or an incredible boost, CoreWeave is chasing insurers’ vast pools of capital, and the US Treasury has fined Bank of America more than $1bn for “egregious and continued” money laundering and sanctions violations. Plus, can Saudi Arabia stop the Houthis? Mentioned in this podcast: France’s Marine Le Pen gears up for fight with EU Will Accenture survive or thrive in the age of AI? CoreWeave targets ‘unlimited’ insurance money to fund AI build-out Bank of America fined $1.2bn over money laundering failures Military briefing: can Saudi Arabia stop the Houthis? Want to get in touch? Email us at podcasts@ft.com Note: The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts The FT News Briefing is produced by Sonja Hutson, Saffeya Ahmed, and Josh Gabert-Doyon. Our editor is Marc Filippino. Our video producer is Zach Alfred. Our show is mixed by Sam Giovinco and Alex Higgins. Additional help from Gavin Kallmann, Michael Lello, Peter Barber and David da Silva. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz. Flo Phillips is the FT’s global head of audio. The show’s theme music is by Metaphor Music. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • Le Pen sat down with the FT's editor, Rula Haloff.