GalliaWatch (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
The French patriotic Right has always had trouble unifying into one strong voice that speaks for French interests. The Front National was the best hope, but the party leader, Jean-Marie Le Pen, destroyed his own chances through his deliberate and well-timed provocations and his refusal to give up his one-clan rule of the FN. Determined to stay on as party leader, though he is now 80 years old , Le...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
A veteran fighter signals his exit LOVE him or loathe him, there is no denying that Jean-Marie Le Pen has put his own stamp on French politics over the years. Now comes news that the head of the far-right National Front party and five-time presidential candidate may be preparing to end his political career. In an interview published Thursday, Mr Le Pen said he will not run for president again in 2012,...
The Croydonian (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
That old Poujadiste ( 1 ) of the French Front National, Jean-Marie Le Pen has decided to jack it all in to spend more time with his boots or whatever, and so the question turns to the succession, and those lovely gens at IFOP have polled FN sympathisers to see who they want as the next chef , and at number one, with a bullet, is Marine, daddy's little girl. She gets 76% of support, while Bruno ' the...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
After five attempts at capturing the presidential office, and 27 years of controversy and campaigning, French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen says he does not want to run for the top job in 2012.
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
France turned a page Thursday when Jean-Marie Le Pen, 80, France's best-known far-right leader and a five-time presidential candidate, announced that he would not run again for the presidency.
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
French far-right firebrand Jean-Marie Le Pen plans to retire from politics before the next presidential race in 2012, according to reports.
GalliaWatch (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
"Old soldiers never die, they just fade away", famously quoted on April 19, 1951 by General Douglas MacArthur. But fading away is not an option for Jean-Marie Le Pen. According to an article from early August in Le Figaro , he has no intention of ceding the chairmanship of the Front National, despite his age: Can a party that is so closely linked to its founder survive? One year after his defeat in...
The Poor Mouth (Free subscription) | 13/08/2008
According to a BBC report The French National Front, is in dire financial straits and has sold its headquarters. Leader Jean-Marie Le Pen has confirmed that the party base has been purchased by a Shanghai university. Apparently the party has already sold its bullet-proof car on eBay. The party has a total debt of some 9m euros according to Le Monde, partly due to a poor showing in the 2007 legislative...
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
France's favorite racist, Front National leader Jean-Marie Le Pen—Mr. "Keep France for the French"—is selling his party's suburban Paris headquarters in an attempt to pay off a significant debt accrued during the 2007 election. The catch? The buyer is a malevolent foreigner! The BBC reports : France's anti-immigrant party, the National Front, is selling its headquarters to a Chinese university, according...
French Politics (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
Jean-Marie Le Pen has announced the sale of his party's headquarters in Saint-Cloud to a Chinese university. La France aux Français, la pierre aux friqués.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
Jean-Marie Le Pen's anti-immigrant National Front party sells head office to Chinese university
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
Jean-Marie Le Pen sells head office as his cash-strapped party face debts of euro;8m
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
PARIS (Reuters) - French anti-immigrant party the National Front is selling its historic headquarters to a Chinese university to raise much-needed cash, the veteran far-right party's leader Jean-Marie Le Pen was quoted as saying on Monday.
The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen said on Friday the sale of his party headquarters was going well, a transaction which would help his party settle debts that have piled up after a series of election defeats....
GalliaWatch (Free subscription) | 28/07/2008
This video is subtitled in English. It's Jean-Marie Le Pen at his best, but he is clearly not taken seriously by anyone in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The speech was given in June; this video is being sent by French websites to their English-language colleagues. Even though I've come to realize how unreliable he is as a leader, how eager he often is to make a mockery of his own beliefs and...
