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French Far Right Figurehead Jean-Marie Le Pen Dies at 96

French Far Right Figurehead Jean-Marie Le Pen Dies at 96

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Jean-Marie Le Pen, co-founder of France's far-right National Front party, died at the age of 96. He was a key figure in rewriting the parameters of French politics with his extremist views on immigration, racism, and anti-Semitism. Le Pen was convicted multiple times for his comments on the Holocaust, and his daughter, Marine Le Pen, took over the party's leadership in 2011. Despite his unapologetic stance on these issues, he managed to tap into working-class concerns over immigration and globalization, making a lasting impact on French politics.

Elysée Palace
1. A historic figure of the far right, he played a role in the public life of our country for nearly 70 years, which is now a matter for history to judge.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon
La France Insoumise party
1. The fight against the man is over. The fight against the hatred, racism, Islamophobia and anti-Semitism that he spread continues.
2. Respect for the dignity of the dead and the grief of their loved ones does not erase the right to judge their actions. Those of Jean-Marie Le Pen remain unbearable.
François Bayrou
Modem
1. JM Le Pen was a figure of French political life.
2. When we fought him, we knew what a fighter he was.
Jordan Bardella
National Rally
1. Enlisted in the uniform of the French army in Indochina and Algeria, orator in the National Assembly and the European Parliament, he always served France, defended its identity and its sovereignty.
2. Today my thoughts are with his family, his loved ones, and of course of (his daughter) Marine whose mourning must be respected.
Jean-Marie Le Pen
National Rally
1. I've nothing to hide. We tortured because it had to be done.
2. I do not say that the gas chambers did not exist. I never personally saw them.
3. I have the courage to shatter taboos, to speak aloud what others secretly think.
4. I'm ashamed the president of the National Front bears my name. I suggest she gets rid of it as fast as possible … I don't want the head of the National Front to be called Le Pen.
5. But I'm not for the melting pot. I'm for the defence of one's culture. I'd despair if I found the culture of Brooklyn in France.
6. Was General de Gaulle braver than Marshal Pétain in the occupied zone? This is not certain. It was a lot easier to resist in London than to resist in France.
7. It is life! Life is not a smooth tranquil stream.
8. I'm a moral authority for the movement ... and I don't have the habit of keeping my opinions to myself.
Marie Le Pen
1. Jean-Marie Le Pen is in a spiral between a scorched earth strategy and political suicide.
2. The National Front doesn't want to be held hostage by his coarse provocations.

French Far Right Figurehead Jean-Marie Le Pen Dies at 96

Former French Far-Right Leader Jean-Marie Le Pen

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