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·
    12 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·
      8 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