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Suspended for his anti-semitic comments. Guess they're trying to distance themselves from the party's anti-semitic roots.
Jean-Marie Le Pen suspended from French far-right party - Yahoo News
PARIS (AP) — French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen was suspended Monday from the National Front party he built into a political force over four decades after a series of controversial remarks about Jews and Nazis put him on the fast track to disgrace.
The party's executive bureau met Monday and decided to suspend Le Pen's membership in the party he co-founded, pending a party-wide vote on abolishing the position of honorary president he's held for five years.
In a statement, the party said a majority of its leadership supports doing away with the honorary presidency, held by 86-year-old Le Pen since 2011.
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Jean-Marie Le Pen suspended from French far-right party - Yahoo News
PARIS (AP) — French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen was suspended Monday from the National Front party he built into a political force over four decades after a series of controversial remarks about Jews and Nazis put him on the fast track to disgrace.
The party's executive bureau met Monday and decided to suspend Le Pen's membership in the party he co-founded, pending a party-wide vote on abolishing the position of honorary president he's held for five years.
In a statement, the party said a majority of its leadership supports doing away with the honorary presidency, held by 86-year-old Le Pen since 2011.
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