Jean-Marie Le Pen

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French far-right National Front founder Jean-Marie Le Pen dies aged 96

Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the French far-right National Front party, now known as National Rally (RN), has died at 96.

07/01/2025

France

Marine Le Pen to launch lawsuit after father filmed with neo-Nazi band

Jean-Marie Le Pen was serenaded by a group known to have ties to an international far-right organisation.

01/10/2024

Europe News

French far right on trial for alleged embezzlement of European funds

The high-stakes trial opens in Paris on Monday and will last for two months.

30/09/2024

France

France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen denies ties with Russia

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has called a parliamentary inquiry looking into possible links between her National Rally party and Russia a 'witch hunt.'

25/05/2023

Europe News

France: Bardella replaces Le Pen as far-right National Rally president

Bardella, 27, won an internal party vote with 85% support.

06/11/2022

France

Court upholds ex-FN leader Le Pen's expulsion

The power struggle between Front National founder Jean-Marie Le Pen and his daughter Marine continues as a court upholds his suspension from the party

09/02/2018

France

French election countdown: Macron 'ahead' but Le Pen fights on

Criticisms fly between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen as the French presidential race enters its final week.

01/05/2017

France

French presidential debate: Who said what, to whom, and who performed the best?

France's first of three televised presidential debates. Who said what, to whom and which of the five candidates performed the best

21/03/2017

France

Jean-Marie Le Pen to remain Front National's 'honorary president'

A court has upheld Jean-Marie Le Pen’s exclusion from France’s Front National party, but has allowed him to remain honorary president.

17/11/2016

France

Jean-Marie Le Pen's immunity lifted over racial hatred charges

The European Parliament voted to lift immunity of the French far-right politician to answer charges of inciting racial hatred.

25/10/2016

France

France: Le Pen fined 30,000 euros for latest 'gas chamber' remark

The former leader of France’s far-right Front National, Jean Marie Le-Pen, was fined 30,000 euros on Wednesday for repeating his claim that the Nazi

06/04/2016

France

French Front National denies implication in Panama Papers

Figures close to the French Front National leader Marine Le Pen and her father, the party’s former frontman, are reportedly named as having set up

05/04/2016

World News

National Front's rise to France's 'top party'

France’s National Front (FN), a kind of father-to-daughter family party, was co-founded by Jean-Marie Le Pen in the 1970s. It was popular under his

07/12/2015

France

Marine Le Pen appears in French court on charge of inciting racial hatred

Marine Le Pen has appeared in court in France, accused of inciting racial hatred. The French National Front leader denies the charge. Avec notre

20/10/2015

France

France: Le Pens further divided as National Front votes to oust founder

The rift deepens between one of France's most controversial families as the National Front's Jean-Marie Le Pen is voted out of the party he founded.

21/08/2015

France

Le Pen: Jean-Marie excluded from France's Front National

Jean-Marie Le Pen has been suspended from France’s National Front, the party he co-founded. The Honorary Party President triggered the showdown by

20/08/2015

France

French court backs Le Pen over National Front membership

A French court has lifted Jean-Marie Le Pen suspension from the far-right National Front party he founded. His daughter and now party leader

02/07/2015

World News

Watch: France's Jean-Marie Le Pen clashes with UKIP MEP Woolfe

19/05/2015

France

France's Front National founder Jean-Marie Le Pen angry over party suspension

The founder of France’s Front National party Jean-Marie Le Pen has reacted angrily to his suspension to the party. Refering to his daughter, the

05/05/2015

France

France's Front National suspends founder Jean-Marie Le Pen

France’s Front National party (FN) has suspended founder Jean-Marie Le Pen over inflammatory remarks amid an ongoing feud with his daughter, current

04/05/2015