This would revert the current rules to those of 1993 ‘Pasqua law’. This stated that minors born in France to foreign parents who had a residence permit were required to make a voluntary declaration before they could acquire French nationality at the age of 18. Obtaining French nationality was not automatic.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the rabble-rousing far-right leader who died on Tuesday aged 96, was a political outcast on April 21, 2002, when he stormed into the second round of France’s presidential

Mécontent des affirmations du Premier ministre sur la responsabilité de «tous les courants dits de gouvernement» dans le surendettement de la France, l’ancien locataire de Matignon a tenu à rectifier

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

The founder of France's National Rally party, and father of Marine Le Pen, pioneered Trump-style populist, anti-immigrant politics.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right party Front National, has died. He was 96. His family confirmed the news in a statement sent to the AFP and said he died “surrounded by his loved ones.”

Jean-Marie Le Pen, co-founder of France's main postwar far-right movement, was buried Saturday in a private ceremony in his native Brittany amid tight security.

Far-right firebrand and co-founder of France's anti-immigration National Front movement ... and in 2002 he famously eliminated Socialist Lionel Jospin in presidential elections to make the run-off against right-winger Jacques Chirac. Nicknamed "the devil ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, an extreme right-winger who haunted the French political establishment for decades, died on Tuesday aged 96, dividing opinion until

Jean-Marie Le Pen, controversial politician and founder of France’s far-right National Rally party, has died aged 96.

France. Lionel Hahn/Getty Images, FILE "This city has always been a profound source of inspiration for me, and my thoughts are with everyone impacted during this difficult time," he said.

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