PARIS—France’s far-right National Front has struggled to raise funds at home to finance leader Marine Le Pen’s presidential bid in May and is seeking loans from banks abroad, party officials say—something opponents say opens the door to foreign influence. Le Pen is running at the head of the election pack in public-opinion surveys. But French lenders are unwilling to extend credit to the National Front because they disagree with...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 26, 2017 21:23 UTC