Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader who was convicted of Holocaust denial, dies at 96
Jean-Marie Le Pen espoused racist and antisemitic rhetoric that landed him in legal trouble in France, where Holocaust denial is illegal.
Jean-Marie Le Pen 'Always Served France': Far-right Party Leader Bardella
Jordan Bardella, chief of France's far-right party National Rally (RN), said Tuesday that party co-founder Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died aged 96, had "always served France".
Jean-Marie Le Pen, Founder of the French Far-Right, Dies at 96
He was known for his fiery anti-immigrant rhetoric that earned him both staunch support and widespread condemnation.
Jean-Marie Le Pen, longtime leader of France's far-right, dies at 96
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the longtime figurehead of France's far-right political movement and father of its current leader, has reportedly died.
Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France's National Front, dies
Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the French right-wing nationalist party formerly known as the National Front, has died aged 96, news agency AFP reported on Tuesday, citing Le Pen's family. The head of the party,
Jean-Marie Le Pen: French far-right leader dies aged 96
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s main far-right National Front party and an unrepentant extremist on race, immigration and multiculturalism, has died aged 96. Le Pen had been in a care facility for several weeks and died at midday on Tuesday “surrounded by his loved ones”, the family said in a statement.
Jean-Marie Le Pen, Rabble-Rousing Leader of French Far Right, Dies at 96
He ran unsuccessfully for the French presidency five times, riding waves of discontent and xenophobia as the leader of the National Front party.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen pays tribute to her politically polarizing father
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has paid tribute to her late father Jean-Marie, the founder of the National Front party, calling him a “warrior” in politics
Protesters respond to calls from far-left groups to celebrate death of Jean-Marie Le Pen in Paris
Demonstrators were seen setting off fireworks and chanting slogans in Republic Square on Tuesday. Earlier that day, Le Pen, the founder of the National Front party, died at the age of 96.
In Death, Jean-Marie Le Pen of France Is Embraced by Far-Right Party He Once Led
For years, the far-right National Rally tried to distance itself from Mr. Le Pen’s racist and antisemitic remarks. But after his death Tuesday, it hailed him as a visionary.
Jean-Marie Le Pen and the rise of the far right in France: A look at key dates
- French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, center, flanked by his daughter Marine Le Pen, and Bruno Gollnisch, arrives for a wreath-laying ceremony at the statue of Joan of Arc, within the party’s traditional May Day march Saturday May 1,
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How ‘the most hated man in France’ became Trump ahead of his time
News that Jean-Marie Le Pen — one of the founders of France’s extreme rightwing political party, the National Front — died on ...
French Far Right Decries Photo Of Le Pen In Tears After Father's Death
A prominent French news magazine deleted a photo showing the moment a tearful Marine Le Pen learned of her father's death following criticism of the image from her far-right party.
Key dates in the rise of the French far right
Here is a short history of the French far-right National Front, whose historic leader and co-founder Jean-Marie Le Pen died ...
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As Le Pen gambles on felling French government, her far-right protege's star rises
Jordan Bardella, Le Pen's 29-year-old wingman, is a lawmaker in the European Parliament, so he was not at the National Assembly voting alongside his fellow National Rally (RN) party members on ...
Le Pen, a venomous brand
EDITORIAL. Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died on Tuesday, frequently leaned into anti-Semitism, revisionism, racism and complacency ...