Party cuts ties with Le Pen
PARIS: The National Front has confirmed it has severed its ties to firebrand founder Jean-marie Le Pen.
The far-right party also re-elected his daughter Marine Le Pen, the only candidate, as president at congress. A new 100-member governing council was also named.
The party tweeted yesterday that more than 79 per cent approved new party statutes that included abolishing Mr Le Pen’s position of president for life. The party expelled him in 2015 over anti-semitic remarks but he kept the honorary position.
The vote is a crushing blow for the 89-year-old, who founded the party in 1972 and was runner-up in the 2002 French presidential election.