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France's Jean-Marie Le Pen suspended from own far-right party
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia May 04, 2015 09:37pm |
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| Author | Guillaume Daudin |
| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Tuesday, May 5, 2015 03:35:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Nanterre (France) (AFP) - France's far-right National Front (FN) on Monday 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.
A disciplinary meeting of the party executive was called after the 86-year-old repeated comments stating that the Nazi gas chambers were merely "a detail of history" and said he wanted to defend the "white world".
A special meeting of FN members will be called within three months to decide whether to strip him of the title of honorary president, the party said in a statement.
A furious Le Pen described his suspension as a "criminal act" and said he wanted to disown his daughter, ordering her to "give up her name".
He warned party officials should expect him to use "any means" to fight the decision.
The far-right patriarch showed up on Monday for a meeting at the FN headquarters in Nanterre, west of Paris, to discuss upcoming regional elections.
But he refused to stay for the disciplinary hearing that was called by his daughter, who took over the leadership in 2011.
Le Pen senior said the hearing was "detrimental to my dignity". |
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