Marine Le Pen

Le Pen suffers defeat in second round of regional elections

Just one week after record results in the first round of regional elections, National Front fails to win a single region in second round.

French Right gets record 40% of vote in post-massacre election

FN leader Marine Le Pen and her 25-year-old niece Marion Marechal-Le Pen broke the symbolic 40% mark in their respective regions.

France: Marine Le Pen Charged for Comparing Muslims to Nazis

National Front head Marine Le Pen charged with inciting racial hatred for comparing Muslims praying outdoors to Nazi occupation.

Jean-Marie Le Pen Launches New Party

Jean-Marie Le Pen launches new party named after France's flag, after being expelled from the rightist party he founded.

Anti-Semitic Le Pen Booted From His Own Party

Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of right-wing party, ousted after feud with daughter trying to lead party away from his racist statements.

European Jewish Leader Under Fire for Meeting Le Pen

European Jewish Parliament head criticized by other groups for 'inappropriate' meeting with far-right French leader.

Le Pen Père 'Hopes Marine Loses Election'

National Front founder Jean-Marie Le Pen fired back at party leader Marine Le Pen, after she suspended him.

Elder Le Pen Pulls Out of Regional Elections

Jean Marie Le Pen withdraws from race after his daughter berated him for Holocaust-disparaging remarks.

French Far-Right Leader Stands By Gas Chamber Comments

National Front party founder again insists Nazi gas chambers were just a 'detail'; daughter and party head distances herself.

French Regional Elections Could Pave the Way for Le Pen

Low turnout could see right-wing National Front gain power, maybe boost Le Pen in presidential race against unpopular Hollande.

Two Members of French Far-Right Expelled Over Laxative Prank

Two young members of Marine Le Pen's National Front expelled for spiking the drink of its second-in-command with a laxative.

French Far-Right Leader Hits Back at 'Cowardly' Daughter

Falling-out over anti-Semitic joke widens as Le Pen calls his daughter's criticism a 'cowardly hit to the back.'

Unprecedented Split in French Far-Right Party

National Front head Marine Le Pen issues unprecedented public condemnation of her father and party founder's recent anti-Semitic remarks.

Far-Right 'Earthquake' in French Euro Vote

National Front taking 24-25% of the popular vote and around a third of France's 74 seats in the European Parliament.

EU Vote Looks Set to Strengthen Far-Right, Euroskeptics

Anti-EU parties to do well in Western Europe; but in the east, Russia's shadow pushes electorate in opposite direction.

France's Le Pen Attacks UK Euroskeptic over Anti-Semitism Snub

French National Front party head Marine Le Pen expresses surprise after UK Independence Party leader snubs her over anti-Semitism.

France: Far-Right Leader Forces Students to Eat Pork

Marine Le Pen issues divisive guidelines in districts controlled by her National Front party; Jews, Muslims the target.

Le Pen Calls for Dissolving National Assembly as Hollande Tanks

French president polls at 20% approval, the lowest since 1958, while National Front leads in EU Parliament election poll.

Anti-Semitism Concerns Over New EU Right-Wing Alliance

Danish rightist party opposes new right-wing EU alliance formed by Geert Wilders and Marine Le Pen, cites Le Pen's perceived anti-Semitism.

Right-Wing European Alliance To Challenge EU

French nationalist Le Pen and Holland's Wilders to discuss alliance opposing the EU from within, unite right-wing movements.

French Far-Right Leader Continues Push for Right-Wing EU Bloc

France's Marine Le Pen to meet anti-Islamic Dutch politician Geert Wilders after decision to campaign together in EU elections.

French Right Seeks Joint Campaign with Wilders

The right-wing French party National Front seeks alliance with the Dutch Party for Freedom. 'Important to show that we do not stand alone.'

France: Candidate Barred for Burning Israel Flag

Far-right Front National has suspended one of its local government election candidates.

French Minister: Wear Kippot 'with Pride'

Interior Minister Manuel Valls dismisses Marine Le Pen's call for a ban on Jewish kippa, as European Jewish groups register strong protest.

French Far-Right Leader Calls to Ban Kippah

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen: If the Muslim veil is banned, the kippah is banned in public as well.

Madonna Finally Decides to Drop Swastika

After much backlash, Madonna has decided to refrain from showing image of swastika during her worldwide concert tours.

Madonna Defends Use of Swastika Imagery

Madonna defended her use of swastika imagery, saying it was intended to highlight “the intolerance that human beings have for one another.”

French Far Right Party to Sue Madonna over Swastika

Marine Le Pen’s far right National Front party is suing Madonna for superimposing a swastika on her face in a concert in Paris.

French Rightist Le Pen May Sue Madonna for Use of Swastika

Marine Le Pen, leader of French far-right, warned she may sue Madonna for superimposing a swastika on her forehead in her show in Israel.

Sarkozy to Quit Politics if He Loses Re-Election

Is French President Nicolas Sarkozy a sore loser? Sarkozy claimed last weekend that he will quit politics if he is not re-elected.

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