US EditionGrave of French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen vandalised
- The grave of Jean-Marie Le Pen was vandalized in Brittany, France, less than three weeks after his burial.
- Authorities reported the damage, and police are currently investigating the incident.
- French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau condemned the vandalism, stating, 'Respect for the dead is what distinguishes civilization from barbarism.'
- National Rally lawmaker Jean-Philippe Tanguy stated that the vandalism would have no impact on the party's policies.
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The grave of veteran French right-wing politician Jean-Marie Le Pen has been vandalized less than three weeks after his funeral.
The grave of French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen has been vandalized by unknown persons. This was reported by his daughter Marie-Caroline Le Pen on X. French authorities are investigating the incident. In a statement, they said that "given the political sensitivity" of the cemetery, it was guarded by police before and after the funeral on January 11. Security was then scaled back. Police will again guard the location "given the excepti…
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Usa newsTomb of French far-right leader vandalised weeks after he was buried
Jean-Marie Le Pen paved the way for the current popularity of the National Front party in France (Picture: AFP/Getty; EPA) The tomb of French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen has been heavily damaged by vandals less than three weeks after he was buried. Le Pen, who was a figurehead of polarising anti-immigration rhetoric for decades after founding the National Front party in the 1970s, was buried in the Brittany region on January 11 four days …
For now, an unknown perpetrator damaged the grave of Jean-Marie Le Pen, the French far-right politician and founder of the National Front political party, who died on January 7 this year. This was reported by BFMTV.
The tomb of the French far-right patriarch, Jean-Marie Le Pen, located in the western part of the country, has dawned this Friday with severe damage to his outer part, apparently by blows, without the circumstances of this act of vandalism being clear at first. Le Pen was buried on 11 January, four days after his death, in the cemetery of La Trinité-sur-Mer, his hometown. The burial was already held in strict intimacy, in the face of fear of pos…
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