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Fast Forward Defiant Jean-Marie Le Pen Vows To Stay in Politics
(Reuters) — National Front founder Jean-Marie Le Pen vowed in a Reuters interview to stay in politics until he dies, reiterating comments that show he is not backing away from a family feud that is complicating the far-right’s quest for power in France. Following comments he made last week over Nazi gas chambers and French…
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Fast Forward ‘Disappointed’ Dad Retreats in Le Pen Right Wing Family Feud
(Reuters) — Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France’s far-right National Front, said on Monday he would not seek its ticket to stand in regional polls, taking some of the sting out of a damaging public row with his daughter Marine, the party’s current leader. But the 86-year-old former paratrooper told Le Figaro in an interview that…
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Opinion How France’s Le Pen Family Feud Is Manna From Far Right Wing Heaven
When I arrived in Paris last week for a research trip, little had changed from my many previous trips. Though spring, the weather was drizzly and cold; despite the economic crisis, charming stores displayed tempting breads and books; and notwithstanding the “défense de fumer” signs, café terraces were dense with cigarette smoke. And while Marine…
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Fast Forward Older Le Pen Rejects Call To Quit Over ‘Gas Chamber’ Family Feud
(Reuters) — French National Front founder Jean-Marie Le Pen rejected on Friday a call from his daughter, the party’s leader, to leave politics over comments he made that she fears will hurt her push to widen the right-wing party’s appeal. Marine Le Pen said on Thursday she would seek disciplinary action against her father after…
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Fast Forward Marine Le Pen Accuses Dad of ‘Political Suicide’ in Feud Over ‘Gas Chamber’ Quip
A bitter family feud between National Front leader Marine Le Pen and her father Jean-Marie deepened on Wednesday as she accused the 86-year-old founder of the far-right party of sabotaging its efforts to move into the political mainstream. Jean-Marie Le Pen, who last week defended a past comment that Nazi gas chambers were a “detail…
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Fast Forward Jean-Marie Le Pen Slams ‘Betrayal’ by Daughter Over Gas Chamber Quip
French National Front founder Jean-Marie Le Pen accused his successor and daughter Marine of betrayal over her criticism of comments for which he was convicted of inciting racial hatred, and insisted he would run in regional elections this year. His remarks, made in an interview with a far-right newspaper, could embarrass Marine le Pen as…
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Fast Forward Toulouse Bans Boycott Israel ‘Apartheid’ Event
The City of Toulouse banned an event organized by far-left activists promoting a boycott of Israel. The canceled event was a lecture by Farid Esack, a South African university lecturer and activist, titled “Apartheid, from South Africa to Israel.” He was scheduled to speak at a municipal event hall on March 31 at an address…
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Fast Forward France’s Marine Le Pen Slams Dad for Calling Gas Chambers ‘Detail’
(Reuters) — Tensions between French National Front leader Marine Le Pen and her father Jean-Marie worsened on Thursday as the 86-year-old founder of the far-right party defended having described Nazi gas chambers as a “detail of history.” Since taking over from her father in 2011, Marine Le Pen has tried to rid the anti-immigrant party…
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