Retrospectives on Jean-Marie Le Pen highlight his most infamous racist and antisemitic statements but almost uniformly ...

French Far-Right Firebrand Jean-Marie Le Pen Dies at 96. The founder of France's National Rally party, and father of Marine Le Pen, pioneered Trump-style populist, anti-immigrant politics.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s National Front who ran for president five times and lived to see his anti-immigrant rhetoric go mainstream, has died. He was 96.

PARIS — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism, has died at 96. AP. Le Pen, who once reached the second round of the 2002 presidential election, was ...

By founding the National Front in 1972 — which has since been rebranded and is led by his daughter Marine Le Pen — Jean-Marie Le Pen ushered in a new brand of extreme-right politics. His legacy ...

The death of Jean-Marie Le Pen, former leader of the party once known as the National Front, occurs at a time when the mainstreaming of far-right politics in France seems almost complete.

Born in 1928, Jean-Marie Le Pen was thus old enough to have had first-hand knowledge of the Nazi-friendly Vichy regime and remained sympathetic to the collaborationists for the rest of his life.

Jean-Marie Le Pen Was a Prototype for Trumpian Vote-Winners. The French far-right leader’s anti-liberal and anti-immigration legacy lives on. January 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM EST.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s main far-right party and a polarizing figure in French politics, is being buried Saturday in a private family ceremony in his hometown of La Trinité ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters and ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s National Front who ran for president five times and lived to see his anti-immigrant rhetoric go mainstream, has died. He was 96.