The grave of Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France's National Front, has been vandalized, causing outrage within his family. Despite his controversial past and divisive policies, his descendants have vowed resilience against such acts.
The tomb of Jean-Marie Le Pen, a controversial far-right leader in France, was vandalized weeks after his burial. Authorities in Brittany are investigating the incident, which underscores the polarizing legacy Le Pen left behind due to his extreme views on immigration and multiculturalism.
Police in France's western region of Brittany said they are investigating the damage to the grave, which was reportedly caused by a sledgehammer. View on euronews
A picture of the damage posted by one of his daughters showed rubble and flowers strewn around the tomb of the founder of France's far-right National Front party.
Vandals have damaged the grave of Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's far-right National Front, his family said on Friday.
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The grave of Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France's far-right National Front party – now called the National Rally (RN) – was vandalised with a sledgehammer in the cemetery of La Trinité-sur-Mer, his family said Friday.
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,