Far right's Jean-Marie Le Pen in French court to fight exclusion from National Front

Record ID: 84701

  • Title: Far right's Jean-Marie Le Pen in French court to fight exclusion from National Front
  • Date: 5th October 2016
  • Summary: NANTERRE, FRANCE (OCTOBER 5, 2016) (REUTERS) **** WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **** VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF COURTHOUSE VARIOUS OF EMPTY COURTROOM WITH LAWYER FORMER LEADER AND FOUNDER OF FRENCH FAR-RIGHT PARTY NATIONAL FRONT, JEAN-MARIE LE PEN, ARRIVING AT COURTROOM VARIOUS OF POLICE OUTSIDE COURTROOM
  • Embargoed: 20th October 2016 13:51
  • Keywords: Le Pen Marine Jean-Marie National Front far-right France
  • Location: NANTERRE, FRANCE
  • City: NANTERRE, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions
  • Reuters ID: LVA00152QB5TZ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The former leader of French far-right party the National Front Jean-Marie Le Pen appeared in court on Wednesday (October 5) to have a decision to exclude him from the party he founded overturned.
    Le Pen, father of current leader Marine Le Pen, said there had been irregularities in the way his party membership was suspended for describing the Nazi gas chambers as a mere "detail" of history.
    Since taking the helm in 2011, Marine Le Pen has sought to rid the party of its anti-Semitic image and position it as an anti-immigrant, Eurosceptic force offering protectionist policies to shelter France from globalization.
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