Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right party Front National, has died. He was 96. His family confirmed the news in a statement sent to the AFP and said he died “surrounded by his loved ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's main far-right party, is pictured. (Image by Mathias Destal from Flickr via Courthouse News) MARSEILLE, France (CN) — France's extreme-right National Front ...

Such an outcome wasn't taken too seriously in the past when a vote for Front National was largely considered a mere act of defiance against the system. Back in 1997 when Front National was under the ...

Marine Le Pen, the National Front party leader, sings the national anthem with supporters on stage at the end of a campaign rally in Paris April 17, 2012. (Reuters/ Charles Platiau) By signing up, you ...

Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by senior writer Benyamin Cohen. A move by France ...

"What attracts young people to Marine Le Pen is her promise to restore French grandeur," says Emilien Noé, 21, who runs the National Front's youth wing in eastern France. "We will not only have a ...

Ross Douthat and Noah Millman are right: Marine Le Pen stands for several policies that France should take seriously. But that's why nationalists on the French right should do everything in their ...

Marine Le Pen, the National Front party leader who is among the frontrunners in France’s upcoming presidential elections, made waves this month with her insistence that France was not responsible for ...

On Monday evening, one day after the first round of the French presidential election, Marine Le Pen unexpectedly revealed she would temporarily step aside as president of her own party, the National ...

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