The Front National was founded in 1972 by Jean-Marie Le Pen, the far-right’s party’s emblematic President until 2011. Pierre Bousquet joined him at the very beginning of the adventure as the party’s first treasurer. He is actually well-known for having battled against the Allies during World War II, fighting with Germany amid Waffen-SS troops as a Corporal.
2.The authentic leader M. Le pen was an outspoken anti-Semite
Mr. Le Pen has been repeatedly condemned by the French courts for anti-Semitic and revisionist statements. A selection of his most terrible thought about Jews : “the gas chambers are a mere detail in the history of the Second World War”; “I dedicate your welcome to Jean-François Kahn, Jean Daniel, Yvan Levaï, Elkabbach [all Jewish], These people are a disgrace to their profession.”