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Le Pen divides France in death; Interior Minister calls celebrations ‘shameful’

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Le Pen divides France in death; Interior Minister calls celebrations ‘shameful’

People react during a gathering at Place de la République after it was announced that far-right politician Jean Marie Le Pen had died on January 07, 2025 in Paris, France. The poster reads, “Rest in Hell Facho (fascist).” | Photo Credit: Getty Images The co-founder of France’s main postwar far-right movement Jean-Marie Le Pen divided…

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French far-right figurehead Jean-Marie Le Pen dies

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French far-right figurehead Jean-Marie Le Pen dies

Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died Tuesday (January 7, 2025) aged 96, was the far-right bogeyman of French politics, infamously dismissing the Holocaust as a detail of history and spending half a century whipping up anger over immigration. The co-founder of the far-right National Front – later renamed the National Rally – was eventually booted out…

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