France Far-Right Party Embraces Jean-Marie Le Pen as a Visionary NYT | Top Stories Catherine Porter and Aurelien Breeden 8 January 2025 at 22:29 For years, the far-right National Rally tried to distance itself from Mr. Le Pen’s racist and antisemitic remarks. But after his death Tuesday, it hailed him as a visionary. © Laurent Cipriani/Associated PressJean-Marie Le Pen speaking at a National Front congress in 2014. His daughter ousted him the following year, and the party was renamed the National Rally in 2018.