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§ The minds · 1928–2025 · France · Party founder

Jean-Marie Le Pen

The nationalist insurgency

France for the French.

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The founder of the French National Front, who built post-war Europe's template for an electoral hard-right of nation, identity and anti-immigration politics.

social

Hard traditionalist; anti-immigration identity politics.

economic

Free-market, anti-tax, small-business nationalism.

governance

Authoritarian-leaning nationalist outsider to the republican consensus.

Notable for
  • Founded the National Front
  • 2002 presidential run-off
  • Template for Europe's hard right
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