Dad should no longer speak for FN: Le Pen

PARIS, May 3, (RTRS): Marine Le Pen said on Sunday she no longer wanted her father to speak on behalf of the French far-right National Front party (FN) that he founded and she leads, a day before he may be sanctioned by the party for his comments about World War Two.

Jean-Marie Le Pen faces a party disciplinary hearing on Monday for repeating his view that Nazi gas chambers were a mere “detail” of the war and for defending Philippe Petain, the leader of the French war-time government that cooperated with Nazi Germany.

Asked how the 86-year-old former paratrooper should be punished, his daughter told French media it was up to the party’s executive office to decide. She also accused her father of malice towards her and the party.