Le Pen Family Feud Deepens Within France's National Front
France's far-right was plunged into disarray Wednesday as National Front leader Marine Le Pen openly split with her father and party founder after gas chamber comments she described as "political suicide". Jean-Marie Le Pen, the outspoken 86-year-old founder of the FN party, has dominated headlines in recent days, repeating his view that Nazi gas chambers were a "detail of history" and defending war-time French leader Petain, who collaborated with Hitler's regime. His latest sorties appear to have been the last straw for daughter Marine, who has been trying to clean up the party's anti-Semitic and racist image since she took over in 2011, a move that has seen it soar in opinion polls as it attracts more mainstream voters.
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