French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, who railed against immigration and set the stage for today’s politics, dies at 96

France’s far-right Front National (FN) party founder and former leader Jean-Marie Le Pen delivers a speech at the Place des Pyramides in Paris during a rally in honour of Jeanne d’Arc (Joan of Arc) on May 1, 2019.

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