Once called the 'most hated man in France', Le Pen maintained that his ideas were simply 'ahead of their time'

Jean-Marie Le Pen was deemed unfit to testify and eventually exempted from prosecution on health grounds. He was born June 20, 1928, in the Brittany village of Trinite-Sur-Mer. His father later ...

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said she aims to lead France as the president of a "non-aligned" power but insisted she was not seeking the post of prime minister in the case of new legislative elections.

Experts argue the French rightwing leader's newfound distance from the U.S. president represents the growing legitimacy of her National Rally party.