The far-right Rassemblement National party's president spent part of his youth in Saint-Denis. Among those who knew him at the time – friends and classmates from the private high school where he volunteered to teach French to migrants – his political activism remain surprising.

Jordan Bardella, president of far-right National Rally party, leaves Notre Dame du Val-de-Grace church after a public memorial for her father and late far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, Thursday, Jan.

She would be too exposed to the backlash of unpopular decisions PM candidate Jordan Bardella will probably have to make, if he reaches the Hôtel Matigon, the prime minister's office in Paris.

A prominent French news magazine deleted a photo showing the moment a tearful Marine Le Pen learned of her father's death following criticism of the image from her far-right party.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, co-founder of France's main postwar far-right movement, was buried Saturday in a private ceremony in his native Brittany amid tight security."It's moving for me to pay my last respects to him here and to pray for the salvation of his soul,

PARIS (AP) — France’s new prime minister, François Bayrou, is facing his first major test at parliament on Tuesday as his government has no majority amid unprecedented political instability.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the longtime figurehead of France's far-right political movement and father of its current leader, has reportedly died.

He was known for his fiery anti-immigrant rhetoric that earned him both staunch support and widespread condemnation.

PARIS, Jan 7 (Reuters ... Following are reactions to his death. JORDAN BARDELLA, CHAIRMAN OF THE FAR-RIGHT NATIONAL RALLY "Jean-Marie Le Pen is dead. Enlisted in the uniform of the French ...

Jordan Bardella, president of the National Rally ... Exclusive portrait of Jean Marie Le Pen in his house in Paris taken on Dec. 13 2019. Founder of the French far-right political party, the ...

Jordan Bardella, president of the RN party ... A monarchist in his youth, Le Pen attended law school in Paris in the 1940s and in 1954 joined the French Foreign Legion, serving as a paratrooper ...

The memorial for Jean-Marie Le Pen, who was known for his racist and antisemitic remarks, comes as the National Rally has become the driving force in French politics.