Once called the 'most hated man in France', Le Pen maintained that his ideas were simply 'ahead of their time'
Over 1,000 people attended a memorial ceremony Thursday in central Paris for the founder of France’s main far-right party, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died last week at the age of 96.
The memorial for Jean-Marie Le Pen, who was known for his racist and antisemitic remarks, comes as the National Rally has become the driving force in French politics.
Being implicated in acts of torture and the murder of an Arab Muslim nationalist were not mentioned when Jean-Marie Le Pen was honoured in a military church following his death on January 7, at the age of 96. Those packing Notre-Dame du Val-de-Grâce in ...
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the co-founder of the French National Front — now called the National Rally — died today at age 96 “surrounded by his loved ones,” the family reported. He was a great ...