Jean-Marie Le Pen, Rabble-Rousing Leader of French Far Right, Dies at 96
He ran unsuccessfully for the French presidency five times, riding waves of discontent and xenophobia as the leader of the ...
Jean-Marie Le Pen, French fiery far-right leader, dies at 96
Le Pen was convicted numerous times of antisemitism, discrimination and inciting racial violence. But the nativist ideas that ...
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The Center Cannot Hold, and It Doesn’t Seem to Care
Centrist politicians once based their whole pitch on the claim to possess “electability,” but now they can’t offer a ...
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Jean-Marie Le Pen, controversial founder of France’s extreme-right National Front, has died at 96
By founding the National Front in 1972 — which has since been rebranded and is led by his daughter Marine Le Pen — Jean-Marie ...
Jean-Marie Le Pen, father of far-right party in France, dies at 96
The frequent presidential contender was twice convicted of dismissing the Nazi gas chambers as a “minor point” in World War ...
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Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader who was convicted of Holocaust denial, dies at 96
Through five unsuccessful runs for president, Le Pen espoused racist and antisemitic rhetoric that landed him in legal ...
Key dates in the rise of the French far right
Here is a short history of the French far-right National Front, whose historic leader and co-founder Jean-Marie Le Pen died ...
Jean-Marie Le Pen, architect of France’s far right, dies at 96
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.
PHOTO COLLECTION: Obit Jean-Marie Le Pen
Pierre Poujade, center, whose newly formed anti-tax party has surprised the world by winning at least 50 seats in the French ...