Crowds attend Paris memorial for far-right French leader Jean-Marie Le Pen under tight security
Over 1,000 people attended a memorial ceremony Thursday in central Paris for the founder of France’s main far-right party, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died last week at the age of 96.The “mass for the repose of the soul” at Notre-Dame du Val-de-Grâce church took place under tight security,
National Rally leader Marine Le Pen pays tribute to father
Jean-Marie Le Pen founded National Front, and was convicted multiple times of antisemitism and discrimination as well as inciting racial violence.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen pays tribute to her politically polarizing father
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen paid tribute Wednesday 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.
Jean-Marie Le Pen, influential far-right leader of France convicted of antisemitism, dies at 96
A polarizing figure in French politics, Le Pen was convicted numerous times of antisemitism, discrimination and inciting racial violence.
Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the French far right, dies aged 96
Controversy was Le Pen's constant companion: accusations of racism and antisemitism dogged the National Front from when he co-founded the party.
Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader who was convicted of Holocaust denial, dies at 96
Through five unsuccessful runs for president, Le Pen espoused racist and antisemitic rhetoric that landed him in legal trouble in France.
As Jean-Marie Le Pen is buried, here's a look at key dates of the rise of the far right in France
PARIS (AP) — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s main far-right party and a polarizing figure in French politics, is being buried Saturday in a private family ceremony in his hometown of La Trinité-sur-Mer in Brittany.
France: Tribute in Paris to Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the National Front
The church Notre-Dame du Val de Grace, in Paris, has been the scene of the tribute with a religious ceremony to the founder of the French National Front, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died last Tuesday at the age of 96.
More than 1,000 attend Jean-Marie Le Pen's memorial service in Paris
The onlookers outside of the church
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