Rabble-rousing co-founder of French National Front
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 of La Trinité-sur-Mer in Brittany.
She is now eyeing the 2027 presidential election. Born in 1928 in the western region of Brittany, Jean-Marie Le Pen served in the military, fighting to maintain French colonial rule in Indochina ...
Here's a look at the key dates in the life and career of one of France’s most controversial political figures, and his legacy: Born in 1928 in the western region of Brittany, Jean-Marie Le Pen ...
A private funeral took place last week in Le Pen's hometown of La Trinité-sur-Mer in Brittany. Jean-Marie had three daughters, including Marine, the youngest. She transformed her father's ...
Born in 1928 in the western region of Brittany, Jean-Marie Le Pen served in the military, fighting to maintain French colonial rule in Indochina and Algeria. He was a paratrooper in the 1957 ...
As Jean-Marie Le Pen is buried, here's a look at key dates ... family ceremony in his hometown of La Trinité-sur-Mer in Brittany.
More than 1,000 people attended a memorial ceremony yesterday in central Paris for the founder of France’s main far-right party, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died earlier this month aged 96. The “mass for the repose of the soul” at Notre-Dame du Val-de-Grace church took place under tight security,
NEWS ANALYSIS. The leaders of the Rassemblement National, who had feared a potential 're-demonization' of the party following the death of its co-founder, praised his career, encouraged by measured media coverage and political reactions.
Jean-Marie Le Pen, co-founder of France's main postwar far-right movement, was buried Saturday in a private ceremony in his native Brittany amid tight security.