Jean-Marie Le Pen and the rise of the far right in France: A look at key dates
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s main far-right party, has died at 96. Anti-immigration and nationalist ideas that propelled his decades of popularity remain ascendant in the country, across Europe and beyond.
Le Pen - an unrepentant extremist on race, gender and immigration - founded the far-right National Front in 1972.
He co-founded what became France’s biggest opposition party, National Rally, rooted in deep anti-immigrant sentiment.
Paris Match, a popular French tabloid, sparked outrage after publishing a photograph of Marine Le Pen after learning of her ...
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