Jean-Marie Le Pen was a polarising figure in French politics known for his fiery rhetoric that included Holocaust denial.

Il y a plus de vingt ans, Jean-Marie Le Pen, qui s’est éteint ce mardi 7 janvier à l’âge de 96 ans, accédait pour la première fois au second tour de la ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen was born on June 20 1928 at La Trinité ... This allowed the FN, with 9.8 per cent of the vote, to return 35 members. Jacques Chirac, who became prime minister in 1986, ended ...

Mr Le Pen's long political career was all about belligerence, anger, regret and scapegoats - but it would be wrong to write him off as merely an agitator.

Un an avant l’entre-deux tours de la présidentielle 1988, le leader d’extrême droite, décédé à l’âge de 96 ans, rencontre Jacques Chirac ... Jean-Marie Le Pen semble savourer l ...

Conservative rival Jacques Chirac went on to win in a landslide victory with a record 82% of the vote. Jean-Marie Le Pen has been convicted on numerous occasions by the French courts, including ...

The founder of France's National Rally party, and father of Marine Le Pen, pioneered Trump-style populist, anti-immigrant politics. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Jean-Marie Le Pen ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen ... in the first round to face Jacques Chirac in the second round. The latter ended up winning the election with a 82%, vote which reflected Le Pen’s highly polarizing profile ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front party who campaigned against ...

« C’est une question civilisationnelle », estime la porte-parole du gouvernement, Sophie Primas, qui considère que Jean-Marie Le Pen avait droit au « respect » même s’il a eu « des propos tout à fait ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen a été finaliste de la présidentielle de 2002 face à Jacques Chirac. Le juriste malien Mahamadou Dianka se souvient : "C'était une grosse surprise à l'époque, parce que les ...