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As Jean-Marie Le Pen is buried, here's a look at key dates of the rise of the far right in France
Here's a look at the key dates in the life and career of one of France’s most controversial political figures, and his legacy: Born in 1928 in the western region of Brittany, Jean-Marie Le Pen ...
Jean-Marie Le Pen: rabble-rousing co-founder of the French National Front
Once called the 'most hated man in France', Le Pen maintained that his ideas were simply 'ahead of their time' ...
Far right restores Jean-Marie Le Pen's image without causing a stir
NEWS ANALYSIS. The leaders of the Rassemblement National, who had feared a potential 're-demonization' of the party following ...
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French far-right firebrand Le Pen buried in private ceremony
Jean-Marie Le Pen, co-founder of France's main postwar far-right movement, was buried Saturday in a private ceremony in his native Brittany amid tight security. His funeral followed a mass in his ...
Jean-Marie Le Pen was divisive and difficult - but he changed the shape of French politics
Mr Le Pen's long political career was all about belligerence, anger, regret and scapegoats - but it would be wrong to write him off as merely an agitator.
The Associated Press on MSN22d
Jean-Marie Le Pen, French fiery far-right leader, dies at 96
Le Pen was convicted numerous times of antisemitism, discrimination and inciting racial violence. But the nativist ideas that propelled his popularity remain ascendant in today's France and beyond.
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As Jean-Marie Le Pen is buried, here’s a look at key dates of the rise of the far right in France
Born in 1928 in the western region of Brittany, Jean-Marie Le Pen served in the military, fighting to maintain French colonial rule in Indochina and Algeria. He was a paratrooper in the 1957 ...