A Holocaust denier and unrepentant extremist on race and immigration, the far-right politician has died at 96.
But the government condemned rallies celebrating Le Pen's passing. Prime Minister Francois Bayrou described him as a "fighter ...
Once called the 'most hated man in France', Le Pen maintained that his ideas were simply 'ahead of their time' ...
Experts argue the French rightwing leader's newfound distance from the U.S. president represents the growing legitimacy of ...
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s main far-right party and a polarizing figure in French politics, is being buried ...
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 ...
Over 1,000 people attended a memorial ceremony in central Paris for the founder of France’s main far-right party, Jean-Marie ...
Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the French far-right nationalist party formerly known as the National Front, was buried on ...
His death was as controversial as his life. Last 14 November, Jean-Marie Le Pen, the 96-year-old Front National founder, who’d been taken to a West Paris hospital after collapsing (since 2022 he’d had ...
A populist and fiery orator, Le Pen helped rewrite the parameters of French politics in a career spanning 40 years that, riding waves of voter discontent and harnessing discontent over ...
He was 96. A polarizing figure in French politics, Le Pen made Islam, and Muslim immigrants, his primary target, blaming them for the economic and social woes of France. He also repeatedly denied ...
Jordan Bardella, president of the National Rally as the party is now known, confirmed Le Pen’s death in a post on social media platform X on Tuesday. A polarizing figure in French politics ...