Jean-Marie Le Pen Is Laid to Rest in France. The Dispute Over His Legacy Endures.
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Jean-Marie Le Pen Is Laid to Rest in France. The Dispute Over His Legacy Endures.

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Hundreds of mourners flocked to Paris’s venerable Val-de-Grâce church on Thursday to pay their final respects to Jean-Marie Le Pen, the architect of France’s modern far-right movement who was known for his racist and antisemitic remarks. A speaker at the requiem Mass praised…

France Far-Right Party Embraces Jean-Marie Le Pen as a Visionary
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France Far-Right Party Embraces Jean-Marie Le Pen as a Visionary

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For years, France’s main far-right party tried to distance itself from the long trail of inflammatory and derogatory comments made by Jean-Marie Le Pen, its founding president. His daughter, who took the party reins in 2011, kicked him out. It changed its name,…

Jean-Marie Le Pen, Rabble-Rousing Leader of French Far Right, Dies at 96
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Jean-Marie Le Pen, Rabble-Rousing Leader of French Far Right, Dies at 96

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founding father of France’s modern political far-right who built a half-century career on rants of barely disguised racism, antisemitism and neo-Nazi propaganda, has died. He was 96. His death was confirmed on X by Jordan Bardella, the current president…