For years, the far-right National Rally tried to distance itself from Mr. Le Pen’s racist and antisemitic remarks. But after ...

He ran unsuccessfully for the French presidency five times, riding waves of discontent and xenophobia as the leader of the ...

Controversy was Le Pen's constant companion: accusations of racism and antisemitism dogged the National Front from when he co ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's far-right National Front party who tapped into blue-collar anger over immigration ...

He was known for his fiery anti-immigrant rhetoric that earned him both staunch support and widespread condemnation.

FILE - French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, center, flanked by his daughter Marine Le Pen, and Bruno Gollnisch, arrives ...

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has paid tribute to her late father Jean-Marie, the founder of the National Front party ...

The co-founder of France's main postwar far-right movement Jean-Marie Le Pen divided the country even beyond the grave on ...

Pierre Poujade, center, whose newly formed anti-tax party has surprised the world by winning at least 50 seats in the French ...