For years, the far-right National Rally tried to distance itself from Mr. Le Pen’s racist and antisemitic remarks. But after his death Tuesday, it hailed him as a visionary.

The elder Le Pen is dead, but far-right populists across the world still echo his mix of violent rhetoric, brazen lies, and outreach to mainstream conservatives. Founder of the far-right National ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the French far-right political party the National Front, has died aged 96, a senior party official has announced. Jordan Bardella, president of the National Rally ...

Le Pen, who led the party for nearly four decades until 2011, when it was called National Front (FN), had previously been taken to hospital with suspected heart problems. The former paratrooper ...