Jean-Marie Le Pen, who helped spark political rise of far right in France, dead at 96

A clean-shaven bespectacled older man wearing a beret is shown speaking at an outdoor event.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters and widespread condemnation, has died. He was 96.

CBC | World News

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