The memorial for Jean-Marie Le Pen, who was known for his racist and antisemitic remarks, comes as the National Rally has ...

Once called the 'most hated man in France', Le Pen maintained that his ideas were simply 'ahead of their time' ...

A polarising figure in French politics, his controversial statements led to multiple convictions and strained his political ...

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 ...

For years, the far-right National Rally tried to distance itself ... trail of inflammatory and derogatory comments made by Jean-Marie Le Pen, its founding president. His daughter, who took the ...

later renamed the National Rally, as part of the younger Le Pen’s efforts to transform it into one of France’s most powerful political forces. Jean-Marie’s funeral will take place on ...

Marine Le Pen was overcome with emotion while attending the memorial service in honour of her father, far-right politician ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the rabble-rousing former far-right ... of public funds by the National Front, renamed the National Rally, though doctors ruled that he was unfit to face trial.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the far-right French politician who founded the National Front party, has died at the age of 96. Jordan Bardella, president of the National Rally as the party is now known ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, father of Marine Le Pen and the defining figure of France’s postwar far-right movement, has died at the age of 96, according to French network BFMTV. From founding the ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, who has died aged 96 ... and served as its president until he retired in 2011. Renamed National Rally, the party is currently the second-largest in the National Assembly.