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Le Pen will 'never forgive' herself for excluding father from far-right party

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said she will never forgive herself for expelling her father Jean-Marie Le Pen from the party he founded and she rebranded, after he died last week aged 96.

Radio France Internationale

Jean-Marie Le Pen's Legacy And Marine Le Pen's Rise

Explore the controversial legacy of Jean-Marie Le Pen and the rising political influence of daughter Marine Le Pen in French politics.

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Family To Bury Jean-Marie Le Pen After Death Divided France

The co-founder of the main French postwar far-right movement Jean-Marie Le Pen is to be buried Saturday at a strictly family-only funeral after his death aged 96 exposed polarising attitudes towards a figure who for decades shook and shocked the country.

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How Jean-Marie Le Pen permanently reestablished the far right in France

Le Pen’s political trajectory reveals his distinctive positioning at the intersection of conservatism and far-right extremism, balancing traditional political engagement with a disruptive, populist stance.

The Conversation

Jean-Marie Le Pen’s death revives Algeria’s painful colonial memories

The death of right-wing French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen on Tuesday has brought dark memories to the surface for many in Algeria, where he was accused of using torture during the war of independence. He also raised heckles with his rejection of migrants, his position on Islam and on France's…

Radio France Internationale

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen pays tribute to her politically polarizing father

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has paid tribute to her father Jean-Marie, the founder of the National Front party who died at 96, calling him a “warrior” in politics despite their notoriously harsh political disputes

The Independent UK

The awkward tributes to Jean-Marie Le Pen show how much power his daughter now wields

The far-right leader leaves behind a less welcoming, less tolerant France – that is perhaps ready to elect Marine Le Pen as president, says Paul Taylor of the European Policy Centre

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French government denounces street parties celebrating Jean-Marie Le Pen death

French officials have condemned jubilant street celebrations following the death of far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, urging dignity after hundreds gathered in major cities to mark Tuesday’s passing of the controversial National Front founder.

Radio France Internationale

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the far-right provocateur whose ugly nationalism lives on

The former MP never won power in France but his anti-immigration and anti-EU rhetoric laid the foundation for a populist revival across Europe

The Guardian - UK

Jean-Marie Le Pen obituary

Leader of the Front National who took the far right into the mainstream of French politics

The Guardian - UK

Jean-Marie Le Pen died knowing his extremist far-right politics have been successfully mainstreamed in France

The death of Jean-Marie Le Pen, former leader of the party once known as the National Front, occurs at a time when the mainstreaming of far-right politics in France seems almost complete.

The Conversation

Jean-Marie Le Pen, Architect Of French Far-right Surge, Dies At 96

Jean-Marie Le Pen, an extreme right-winger who haunted the French political establishment for decades, died on Tuesday aged 96, dividing opinion until the end.

International Business Times

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

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of the far-right National Front, died on Tuesday at the age of 96. Le Pen was often embroiled in legal battles over his racist, anti-Semitic, and homophobic remarks, and was eventually expelled from the party he founded, which has since moved from the fringes to…

Radio France Internationale

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 on Tuesday aged 96.

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Founder Of France's National Front, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Dies At 96

Renowned French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen's passing marks the end of an era in the country's political history.

The Independent UK

Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader, dies at 96

Jean-Marie Le Pen has died

The Independent UK

Jean-Marie Le Pen: French far-right leader dies aged 96

Unrepentant racist and Holocaust denier founded the National Front in 1972

International Business Times

French Far-right Figurehead Jean-Marie Le Pen Dies

Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died Tuesday aged 96, was the far-right bogeyman of French politics, infamously dismissing the Holocaust as a detail of history and spending half a century whipping up anger over immigration.

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Jean-Marie Le Pen, former French far-right leader, dies aged 96

Le Pen was a polarising figure in France who caused outrage with many of his views

The Guardian - UK

Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader, dies aged 96

Former paratrooper led National Front party for decades and courted controversy, being repeatedly fined for contesting crimes against humanity

Radio France Internationale

French government's plan to rebuild Mayotte does not go far enough, says Le Pen

National Rally chief Marine Le Pen on Sunday branded as insufficient French government plans to rebuild Mayotte following the devastation left on the Indian Ocean archipelago by Cyclone Chido on 9 December.

Latin Times

Le Pen Says Days Of New French Govt Numbered

Le Pen, 56, spoke a day after President Emmanuel Macron named a new government under Francois Bayrou, his fourth prime minister of the year, to drag the second-largest EU economy out of political crisis.

International Business Times

Le Pen Says Days Of New French Govt Numbered

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen said Tuesday that the days of France's new government are already numbered, predicting an early presidential election in a few months.

The Guardian - UK

French PM names new government, hoping to avoid another no-confidence vote

Centrist François Bayrou had promised a ‘national interest government’ across the middle political ground but ended up leaning to the conservative right

Radio France Internationale

French PM Bayrou defends choices to lead country out of 'difficult situation'

France's Prime Minister François Bayrou mounted a vigorous defence on Monday night of his choices to lead the country out of its economic and political crisis.

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