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France's Le Pen booted out of his far-right party
Jean-Marie Le Pen, France's elderly, far-right master provocateur, was booted out of the National Front (FN) he founded on Aug. 20 after a high-profile feud with his daughter and party leader Marine.
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French court annuls Jean-Marie Le Pen's suspension from far-right FN
A French court cancelled Jean-Marie Le Pen's suspension from the far-right National Front party on July 2 in a ruling that could re-launch a public feud with his daughter, now party leader Marine Le Pen.
By pushing her maverick father out of the party he founded four decades ago, Marine Le Pen was seeking to prevent him ruining her bid for power.
France's Jean-Marie Le Pen suspended from own far-right party
France's far-right National Front (FN) on May 3 suspended founder Jean-Marie Le Pen over a string of controversial remarks and amid a deepening feud with his daughter Marine, who now leads the party.
French National Front leader Le Pen says her father should no longer speak for the party
France's far-right National Front chief Marine Le Pen said May 3 her father should "no longer be able to speak in the name of" the party, as a bitter public feud between the two deepens.
France's Jean-Marie Le Pen steps back to ease family feud
Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France?s far-right National Front (FN), said April 13 he would not seek its ticket to stand in regional polls, taking some of the sting out of a damaging public row with his daughter Marine, the party?s current leader.