The French Left-wing opposition has defended public displays of joy that followed the death of the far-Right veteran ...

He ran unsuccessfully for the French presidency five times, riding waves of discontent and xenophobia as the leader of the ...

PARIS (AP) — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against ...

A Holocaust denier and unrepentant extremist on race and immigration, the far-right politician has died at 96.

Marie Le Pen, an unabashed nationalist and founder of the French far-right National Rally party, has died aged 96. Following ...

The National Rally, though having expelled him in 2015, hailed Le Pen in a statement, saying he had defended “the idea of French greatness with all his soul and at the risk of his own life.” ...

He co-founded what became France’s biggest opposition party, National Rally, rooted in deep anti-immigrant sentiment.

Through five unsuccessful runs for president, Le Pen espoused racist and antisemitic rhetoric that landed him in legal ...

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 historic leader of France's far right, died on Tuesday aged 96, his family told AFP. Le Pen, who had ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s National Front who ran for president five times and lived to see his ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the far-right National Front party who tapped into working class concerns over immigration and ...