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

PARIS — 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 ... religious hatred. Le Pen’s niece, Marion Maréchal, now a member of the European Parliament ...

(AP Photo/H. Babout, File) FILE - French former far right National Front leader Jean Marie Le Pen looks for his seat at the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, eastern France, July 1, 2014.