Former paratrooper led National Front party for decades and courted controversy, being repeatedly fined for contesting crimes against humanity

Summary

Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France’s far-right National Rally (formerly National Front), has died.

A former paratrooper, he led the party from 1972 to 2011 and was known for inflammatory rhetoric, including Holocaust denial and praise for the Nazi-collaborating Vichy regime, which led to multiple convictions.

He ran for president five times, shocking France in 2002 by advancing to the runoff against Jacques Chirac.

A divisive figure, he was expelled from the party by his daughter, Marine Le Pen, in 2015 as she sought to moderate its image.

    • MonkRome@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      29 days ago

      Your mom, sister, and daughter most likely… /s

      Also, these places:

      • Îles des Saintes
      • Marie-Galante
      • La Désirade
      • Guadeloupe
      • Martinique
      • French Guiana
      • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
      • Collectivity of Saint Martin
      • Saint Barthélemy
      • Clipperton Island
      • Mayotte
      • Réunion
      • Wallis and Futuna
      • mel@jlai.luEnglish
        2·
        24 days ago

        You forgot Kanaky which is maybe the most awful right now (speaking of colonialism). A surprising thing is that some of those overseas are part of France for longer than Nice and Savoy