Jean-Marie Le Pen founded the National Front of France, which was the most powerful nationalist political party in Europe since WWII and inspired the many nationalist-populist parties that now exist in Europe.
He had a falling out with his daughter Marine, who replaced him as the leader after he became elderly. Marine is more pragmatic and she rebranded and renamed her father's party National Rally and is still a major player in French politics, having run for the presidency of France three times, finishing third, second and second.
American nationalists who have been around for a while remember when Jean-Marie Le Pen was very well known and of course demonized in the U.S. and everywhere else in what's known as the West. He was a pioneer and a very courageous leader and politician who passed at the age of 96. RIP
He had a falling out with his daughter Marine, who replaced him as the leader after he became elderly. Marine is more pragmatic and she rebranded and renamed her father's party National Rally and is still a major player in French politics, having run for the presidency of France three times, finishing third, second and second.
American nationalists who have been around for a while remember when Jean-Marie Le Pen was very well known and of course demonized in the U.S. and everywhere else in what's known as the West. He was a pioneer and a very courageous leader and politician who passed at the age of 96. RIP
