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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

France

Femen protest disrupts Marine Le Pen's May Day rally

The Front National leader was taken aback by three topless activists who interrupted her annual speech in Paris, making Nazi salutes from a nearby balcony.

01/05/2015

France

Le Pen grand-daughter to replace FN founder in French regional poll

Marion Marechal-Le Pen, the grand-daughter of France’s Front National (FN) founder, Jean-Marie Le Pen, is to replace him as candidate in regional

13/04/2015

France

France: Le Pen family feud deepens as Marine urges Jean-Marie to quit politics

French National Front leader Marine Le Pen has urged her father, party founder Jean Marie, to retire from politics. The 86-year-old last week

10/04/2015

France

France: National Front rift deepens, as leader opposes father's election candidacy

Jean-Marie Le Pen is facing the fallout of a string of controversial comments. His daughter, Marine – the leader of France’s far-right National Front

08/04/2015

France

The genesis of a family feud at the top of France's National Front

The father and daughter duo at the head of France’s far-right National Front party may well truly be a thing of the past. The Le Pen family drama has

08/04/2015

France

France: National Front leader to oppose father in election bid

The leader of France’s far-right National Front, Marine Le Pen​ says she will oppose her father standing in upcoming regional elections, as a rift in

08/04/2015

World

French conservatives deliver Socialists sharp slap in local polls

Fans of France’s ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy threw out a cheer after the centre-right UMP party he leads looked to have won some two thirds of the

30/03/2015

World News

Sarkozy denies far-right Marine Le Pen victory in French local elections

Setting the conditions in France for a “massive swing back to the right and centre”. That’s the view of centre-right UMP party leader Nicolas Sarkozy

23/03/2015

France

Sarkozy's UMP party knocks National Front into second place in French local elections

Former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s conservative UMP party and their allies have won the first round of French local elections, denying Marine Le

23/03/2015

France

French regional vote: Polls suggest Front National has mediocre first round

Initial exit polls suggest Le Pen's Front National has had a disappointing first round in the French elections, while Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP looks set to triumph.

22/03/2015

France

France regional elections: exit polls put Sarkozy's UMP in lead

Exit polls following the first round of regional elections in France suggest President Nicolas Sarkozy’s UMP Party will come out in the lead. The

22/03/2015

France

Le Pen's Front National hopes to top local elections in France

Voting began on Sunday in the first round of French local elections where the far-right Front National (FN) hopes to come top and consolidate leader

22/03/2015

Europe News

Le Pen's party accused of misusing EU cash

The far right Front National party of France has been accused of misusing European Parliament funds. EU officials accuse Marine Le Pen’s party of

10/03/2015

World

Le Pen: I admire 'cool head' Putin's resistance to West's new Cold War

01/12/2014

France

National Front leader Marine Le Pen eyes up France's 2017 presidential election

30/11/2014

France

National Front to work with European far right parties who "defend the same ideas"

29/11/2014

France

France: Marine Le Pen hails 'historic victory' after National Front wins first Senate seats

29/09/2014

France

Le Pen criticises France's decision to halt Mistral warship sale to Russia

04/09/2014

World News

Treason, poaching and unlikely allies - meet the new eurosceptic landscape

27/06/2014