French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said she will never forgive herself for expelling her father Jean-Marie Le Pen from her party, after he died last week aged 96.
The leader of France's far-right Rassemblement National, a party founded by her late father in 1972 and previously named the Front National, expelled him in 2015 over his anti-Semitic remarks.
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s main far-right party and a polarizing figure in French politics, is being buried in a private family ceremony in his hometown of La Trinité-sur-Mer in Brittany.
Once called the 'most hated man in France', Le Pen maintained that his ideas were simply 'ahead of their time'
Mr Le Pen died aged 96 on Tuesday last week and was buried at a private funeral in his hometown of La Trinité-sur-Mer in southern Brittany. open image in gallery Mr Le Pen died aged 96 on Tuesday ...
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.
Senior Le Pen’s death closes one chapter, but the battle over his ideology and its grip on French politics is far from over
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.
Le Pen's daughter, Marine Le Pen, transformed the National Front, now named the National Rally, into one of France's most powerful political forces. She is now eyeing the 2027 presidential election.
made no secret of anti-Semitic views -- for which he received criminal convictions -- and boasted of torturing prisoners during France's war against Algeria. His politician daughter Marine Le Pen ...
Mr. Le Pen’s daughter, Marine Le Pen, took over leadership of ... late Jean-Marie Le Pen at the Val-de-Grâce church in Paris, France, on Thursday.Credit...Yoan Valat/EPA, via Shutterstock ...
President Emmanuel Macron described Le Pen as a 'historic figure of the far right' and said that 'history will judge' his impact on France's political landscape. Macron's political nemesis Marine ...