The frequent presidential contender was twice convicted of dismissing the Nazi gas chambers as a “minor point” in World War II.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the longtime figurehead of France's far-right political movement and father of its current leader, has reportedly died.

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.

Once called the 'most hated man in France', Le Pen maintained that his ideas were simply 'ahead of their time' ...

Experts argue the French rightwing leader's newfound distance from the U.S. president represents the growing legitimacy of ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s main far-right party, died on Jan.7, 2025 aged 96. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) ...

The newly created European Union far-right party the Patriots for Europe, home to populists like Hungary’s Viktor Orbán and France’s Marine Le Pen, will hold a “Make Europe Great Again” rally in ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen brought fascist views into the French mainstream, writes Nabila Ramdani. She reflects on his far-right ...

The private service for the deeply polarising far-Right politician will take place in his hometown of La Trinité-sur-Mer in Brittany, France ...

PARIS (AP) — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, father of Marine Le Pen and the defining figure of France’s postwar far-right movement, has died at the age of 96, according to French network BFMTV. From founding the ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, father of the far-right National Front party of France and self-proclaimed torchbearer of traditional French values who was a frequent presidential contender and was twice ...