Hubert Lambert was a political supporter of Le Pen and a In the early 1980s, Le Pen's personal security was assured by KO International Company, a subsidiary of VHP Security, a Le Pen has been accused and convicted several timesArguing that his party includes people of various ethnic or religious origins like Jean-Pierre Cohen, Farid Smahi or Huguette Fatna, he has attributed some anti-Semitism in France to the effects of Muslim immigration to Europe and suggested that some part of the Jewish community in France might eventually come to appreciate National Front ideology.Le Pen has made several provocative statements concerning the However, Le Pen remains a polarizing figure in France: opinions regarding him tend to be quite strong. Le Pen himself and the rest of his party disagree with this label; earlier in his political career, Le Pen described his position as "neither right, nor Some of Le Pen's statements led other right-wing groups, such as the As it is often the criminal himself who is first to cry, "Thief!"

Marine Le Pen, byname of Marion Anne Perrine Le Pen, (born August 5, 1968, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France), French politician who succeeded her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, as leader of the National Front party in 2011. He created the Serp (Criticizing immigration and taking advantage of the economic crisis striking France and the world since the Le Pen ran in the French presidential elections in 1974, 1988, 1995, 2002, and 2007. You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies try again, the name must be unique She was that party’s candidate in the 2017 French presidential election. Even before his stunning breakthrough in the French presidential poll, Jean-Marie Le Pen was insisting that reports of his political demise had been grossly exaggerated.

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so it is usually those who scream, "Fascist!" [This is the first in a series of dispatches from our correspondents located around the world. Immigration is the burning issue for Mr Le Pen.

Jean Le Pen was born in French Brittany, like his ancestors and had started work at the age of 13 on a transatlantic vessel. "I want to be away from the Paris political swamp as much as possible," she said, adding that she would focus on debating with voters and using social media. Le Pen himself and the rest of his party disagree with this label; earlier in his political career, Le Pen described his position as "neither right, nor Some of Le Pen's statements led other right-wing groups, such as the As it is often the criminal himself who is first to cry, "Thief!" Jean-Marie Le Pen: "These were the enemies of the FN who only recently demanded the party's dissolution" (Photo: MCT) Le Pen lamented the deaths of … His hero is also a fighter — Joan of Arc — and his house is filled with statues of the Maid of Orleans. © 2015. Today, the greatest threat to the freedom and independence of the nations of Europe comes not from Le Pen and that 17% of French men and women who voted for him. In this first Paris Dispatch, Masha P. Davis reports on the Le Pen Clan and the Future of the French Far-Right.—Editors] The head of […] loudest who are the quickest to resort to anti-democratic tactics. " {{#sender.isSelf}} In the Le Pen has been a vocal critic of the European Reform Treaty (formally known as the After Le Pen left office in January 2011, his daughter On 4 May 2015, Le Pen was suspended from the party after refusing to attend his disciplinary hearing at the party for describing the gas chambers used in concentration camps during the In August 2015, Le Pen was expelled from the National Front after a special party congress.In 1977, Le Pen inherited a fortune from Hubert Lambert (1934–1976), son of the cement industrialist Leon Lambert (1877–1952), one of three sons of Lambert Cement founder Hilaire Lambert. Sort: Relevant Newest.

His longevity in politics and his five attempts to become Jean Louis Marie Le Pen was the only son of Jean Le Pen (1901–1942).