Politics
French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen dies at 96
French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen has died aged 96.
Le Pen, who had been in a care facility for several weeks, died at midday on Tuesday “surrounded by his loved ones”, the family said.
Le Pen – who repeatedly played down the Holocaust and was an unrepentant extremist on race, gender and immigration – founded the French far-right National Front party in 1972.
He reached the presidential election-run off against Jacques Chirac in 2002.