Paris — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the historic leader of France's far-right political movement, died Tuesday at the age of 96, the French news agency AFP said, citing his family. Le Pen, who had been ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, father of the far-right National Front party of France and self-proclaimed torchbearer of traditional French values who was a frequent presidential contender and was twice ...

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 ...

The party is now the single largest in France, with Marine Le Pen eyeing the presidency in 2027. Jean-Marie Le Pen was known for his controversial statements, variously offending immigrants ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen spent his life fighting, whether as a soldier in France's colonial wars, as a founder of the far-right National Front party, for which he contested five presidential elections ...

By Robert D. McFadden 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 ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, father of Marine Le Pen and the defining figure of France’s postwar far-right movement, has died at the age of 96, according to French network BFMTV. From founding the ...