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As Jean-Marie Le Pen is buried, here's a look at key dates of the rise of the far right in France
Here's a look at the key dates in the life and career of one of France’s most controversial political figures, and his legacy: Born in 1928 in the western region of Brittany, Jean-Marie Le Pen ...
Jean-Marie Le Pen: rabble-rousing co-founder of the French National Front
Once called the 'most hated man in France', Le Pen maintained that his ideas were simply 'ahead of their time' ...
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French far-right icon Jean-Marie Le Pen buried in Brittany
Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the French far-right nationalist ... were on duty for the funeral in La Trinité-sur-Mer in Brittany. Prior to the funeral, the authorities had imposed a ban on ...
Far right restores Jean-Marie Le Pen's image without causing a stir
NEWS ANALYSIS. The leaders of the Rassemblement National, who had feared a potential 're-demonization' of the party following ...
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French far-right firebrand Le Pen buried in private ceremony
Jean-Marie Le Pen, co-founder of France's main postwar far-right movement, was buried Saturday in a private ceremony in his native Brittany amid tight security. His funeral followed a mass in his ...
Jean-Marie Le Pen was divisive and difficult - but he changed the shape of French politics
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.
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As Jean-Marie Le Pen is buried, here’s a look at key dates of the rise of the far right in France
Born in 1928 in the western region of Brittany, Jean-Marie Le Pen served in the military, fighting to maintain French colonial rule in Indochina and Algeria. He was a paratrooper in the 1957 ...