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

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

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. French far-right leader Marine Le Pen arrives Notre Dame du ...

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

Jean-Marie Le Pen was variously loved and loathed - but he changed the shape of modern French politics. His youth was shaped by war and he then lived a life of constant battles. Le Pen's political ...

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

PARIS — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters ...

NEWS ANALYSIS. The leaders of the Rassemblement National, who had feared a potential 're-demonization' of the party following ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, who has died aged 96, was a major figure in French public life, and a founder of the far-right National Front. A sometimes violent rabblerouser who claimed, like other ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters and ...

More than 1,000 people attended a memorial ceremony on Thursday in central Paris for the founder of France’s main far-right ...