Former paratrooper led National Front party for decades and courted controversy, being repeatedly fined for contesting crimes against humanity

Summary

Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France’s far-right National Rally (formerly National Front), has died.

A former paratrooper, he led the party from 1972 to 2011 and was known for inflammatory rhetoric, including Holocaust denial and praise for the Nazi-collaborating Vichy regime, which led to multiple convictions.

He ran for president five times, shocking France in 2002 by advancing to the runoff against Jacques Chirac.

A divisive figure, he was expelled from the party by his daughter, Marine Le Pen, in 2015 as she sought to moderate its image.

  • JaggedRobotPubesEnglish
    2•6 hours ago

    The face of a man trying to contain his hate.

  • @DicJacobusEnglish
    45•20 hours ago

    I celebrate the passing of fascists,

    German Fascists, Russian Fascists, American Fascists, French Fascists. you are all the same.

    Au revoir, Shoshanna. Rest in piss. Traitor

    • HorseyEnglish
      11•24 hours ago

      Looking forward to a long coffee piss on his grave.

  • WeirdmusicEnglish
    148•1 day ago

    Rest in Piss you fucking Fascist

  • @[email protected]English
    5•16 hours ago

    Why do these bastards keep dying of old age instead of exploding haemorrhoids as they should…?

    • Bob Robertson IX English
      31•1 day ago

      It’s kinda amazing the type of life you can have when you can afford the best healthcare.

    • @kescusayEnglish
      9•1 day ago

      I don’t know how much comfort this will bring, but rest assured that hate-filled bigoted assholes generally don’t live long. The constant stress of seething about everyone and everything around them makes guys like Le Pen the exception, not the rule.

      The only reason this particular human sphincter lived a long time is because he had access to high-quality medical care.

  • Chloé 🥕English
    50•1 day ago

    REPOSE EN PISSE 🥳🎉🍾

    hopefully his daughter follows soon 🤞

    • FlashMobOfOneEnglish
      26•1 day ago

      Only the good die young.

      Also France has kickass health care.

    • @finitebanjoEnglish
      5•24 hours ago

      Babe where he comes from: he’s going home.

  • @jpreston2005English
    15•1 day ago

    Someday soon it’ll be drumpf, and it’ll become a national holiday.