(AP Photo/Olivier Boitet, File) FILE - National Front party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, left, pats a horse ridden by Francoise, posing as Joan of Arc, Thursday May 1, 1997 during a party rally.

The death of French fascist leader Jean-Marie Le Pen was accompanied by cloying tributes from fascists, conservatives and ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen brought fascist views into the French mainstream, writes Nabila Ramdani. She reflects on his far-right ...

Once called the 'most hated man in France', Le Pen maintained that his ideas were simply 'ahead of their time' ...

Five days after his private funeral, hundreds of admirers turned out on Thursday in homage to the French far-right leader ...

The memorial for Jean-Marie Le Pen, who was known for his racist and antisemitic remarks, comes as the National Rally has ...

More than 1,000 people attended a memorial ceremony on Thursday in central Paris for the founder of France’s main far-right ...

Marine Le Pen was overcome with emotion while attending the memorial service in honour of her father, far-right politician ...

A private funeral took place last week in Le Pen's hometown of La Trinité-sur-Mer in Brittany. Jean-Marie had three daughters ...

French President Emmanuel Macron described Jean-Marie Le Pen as a "historic figure of the far right", adding that "history will judge" his role in the country's political life.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said she will never forgive herself for expelling her father Jean-Marie Le Pen from ... Le Pen took over as head of the National Front (FN) party he founded ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the French far ... The party was later renamed National Rally. Le Pen, who was later expelled from the party, had in his final years mainly made headlines due to ...