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

In the next decade, he co-founded the National Front, which violently opposed immigration, especially from France’s former North African colonies, and greater European integration. In 1974 ...

Le Pen lost his European parliament seat in 2002 for a ... He was first elected as an MP in 1956 and co-founded the Front National in 1972. He remained an MP until 1988 and became an MEP in ...