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Tight security as crowds turn out for Jean-Marie Le Pen memorial in Paris
More than 1,000 people attended a memorial ceremony yesterday in central Paris for the founder of France’s main far-right party, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died earlier this month aged 96. The “mass for ...
French Far-Right Firebrand Is Laid to Rest. The Dispute Over His Legacy Endures.
The memorial for Jean-Marie Le Pen, who was known for his racist and antisemitic remarks, comes as the National Rally has ...
Crowds attend Paris memorial for far-right French leader Jean-Marie Le Pen
Over 1,000 people attended a memorial ceremony in central Paris for the founder of France’s main far-right party, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died last week at the age of 96 ...
France’s new prime minister says he'll renegotiate a contested plan to raise the retirement age
France’s new prime minister, François Bayrou, has announced the renegotiation of a contested plan raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. In his first address to lawmakers at the ...
International 7-Day News Agenda
GENEVA (Switzerland) - World Economic Forum launches its annual Global Risks report (0900 GMT) BERLIN (Germany) - International Grune Woche (Green Week), food and agriculture trade fair (0900 GMT) (To ...
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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 ...
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The Anti-Communism That Fueled Jean-Marie Le Pen
After the Axis powers’ defeat in World War II, many former Nazis and Vichyites recycled themselves as anti-communists.
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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
PARIS (AP) — Jean-Marie Le Pen ... Le Pen’s daughter, Marine Le Pen, transformed the National Front, now named the National ...