News that Jean-Marie Le Pen — one of the founders of France’s extreme rightwing political party, the National Front — died on ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen espoused racist and antisemitic rhetoric that landed him in legal trouble in France, where Holocaust denial ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the firebrand co-founder of the French far-right party formerly known as the National Front, has died aged 96, French media reported on Tuesday. The Elysee said President Emmanuel ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and ...

FILE - French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, center, flanked by his daughter Marine Le Pen, and Bruno Gollnisch, arrives ...

Two decades ago Mr Le Pen’s brand of xenophobic politics was rejected by a majority of French, and European, public opinion.

Like Mr Le Pen’s unapologetic extremist politics, the far-right leader’s formative moments seem to belong to history. Yet his ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, a domineering and polarizing figure in French politics and founder of the National Rally party, died at ...

Controversy was Le Pen's constant companion: accusations of racism and antisemitism dogged the National Front from when he co ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s main far-right National Front party and an unrepentant extremist on race, ...