As Jean-Marie Le Pen is buried, here's a look at key dates of the rise of the far right in France
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s main far-right party and a polarizing figure in French politics, is being buried ...
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The Toxic Legacy of Jean-Marie Le Pen
In a 1987 interview, he notoriously referred to ... Like a malignant Moses, Jean-Marie Le Pen died without ever setting foot in the promised land—the Élysée Palace, residence of French presidents.
Marine Le Pen says she 'will never forgive' herself for expelling father from party
The leader of France's far-right Rassemblement National, a party founded by her late father in 1972 and previously named the ...
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Jean-Marie Le Pen, Rabble-Rousing Leader of French Far Right, Dies at 96
in a 2005 newspaper interview, that “the German occupation was not especially inhumane.” His numerous convictions resulted in many heavy fines but no jail time. Jean-Marie Le Pen was born on ...
Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of French National Rally party, dies at 96
Jean-Marie Le Pen, a domineering and polarizing figure in French politics and founder of the National Rally party, died at age 96. National Rally President Jordan Bardella announced his death on ...
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Marine Le Pen will ‘never forgive herself’ for expelling father from far-right party he founded
Referring to him as “Papa” in an interview, she said ... French President Emmanuel Macron described Jean-Marie Le Pen as a "historic figure of the far right", adding that "history will ...
France 2419d
From colonial fighter to far-right leader: Jean-Marie Le Pen’s life in pictures
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the rabble-rousing former far-right leader who died on Tuesday aged 96, was a convicted Holocaust denier and perennial outcast of French politics. But the party he founded half ...
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Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader known for fiery rhetoric against immigration, dies at 96
Jean-Marie Le Pen was deemed unfit to testify and eventually ... The magazine quoted her as saying she was responding to her husband’s Playboy interview in which he said she could become a ...
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Jean-Marie Le Pen, Far-Right French Firebrand Politician, Dies at 96
PARIS—Jean-Marie Le Pen, the French firebrand who rekindled far-right politics in the heart of Europe, has died at the age of 96. Le Pen’s health deteriorated in recent years, having been ...
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France's Jean-Marie Le Pen dies at 96
Jean-Marie Le Pen did not have to attend court due to poor ... saying in a newspaper interview, "I've nothing to hide. We tortured because it had to be done." He later retracted the claim, mounted ...
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As Jean-Marie Le Pen is buried, here’s a look at key dates of the rise of the far right in France
In an interview in 1987 ... of racism and antisemitism that clung to the party under her father. Jean-Marie Le Pen was expelled from the National Front due to i ncreasingly shocking statements.
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As Jean-Marie Le Pen is buried, here's a look at key dates of the rise of the far right in France
PARIS — (AP) — 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 ...