Tuesday, January 7, 2025

The New York Times - january 7, 2025 - Breaking News - Jean-Marie Le Pen, Founding Father of France’s Far Right, Dies at 96

 


The New York Times

Jan. 7, 2025, 9:54 a.m. ET

BREAKING NEWS

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Jean-Marie Le Pen, Founding Father of France’s Far Right, Dies at 96

As the founder of the National Front party, he built a half-century career on barely disguised racism, antisemitism and neo-Nazi propaganda, riding the country’s waves of discontent and xenophobia.

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