Jean-Marie Le Pen
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| - | '''Pim Fortuyn''', ([[February 19]], [[1948]] – [[May 6]], [[2002]]), was a [[controversial]], openly [[gay]], [[charismatic authority|charismatic]] [[populist]]ic [[right-wing]] politician in the [[Netherlands]]. He was assassinated for his [[anti-immigration]] positions during the 2002 Dutch national election campaign by Volkert van der Graaf, who confessed in court to murdering Fortuyn | + | '''Jean-Marie Le Pen''' ({{IPA-fr|ʒɑ̃ ma.ʁi lə.pɛn}}; born 20 June 1928) is a [[France|French]] politician who led the [[National Front (France)|National Front]] party from its foundation in 1972 until 2011, and a member of the [[Le Pen family|Le Pen political family]]. |
| - | Fortuyn was the centre of controversy for his views on [[Islam]] and his anti-immigration positions. He called Islam "a backward culture" and said that if it were legally possible he would close the borders for Muslim immigrants. | ||
| - | He was labelled a [[Far right|far-right]] populist by his opponents and in the media, but he fiercely rejected this label and distanced himself clearly from far-right politicians such as [[Filip Dewinter]] of [[Vlaams Blok]] (now [[Vlaams Belang]]), [[Jörg Haider]] of [[Austria]] or [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]] of [[France]] whenever compared to them. While Fortuyn compared his own politics to centre-right politicians such as [[Silvio Berlusconi]] of [[Italy]], he also admired former Dutch Prime Minister Joop den Uyl, a [[socialist]]. Fortuyn could be considered a [[nationalist]], on cultural rather than [[race|racial]] grounds. There are also parallels to [[Canadian cultural protectionism|cultural protectionism]] as seen in [[Canada]] and other nations in the [[Western world|West]]. | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| - | *[[Theo van Gogh (film director)]] | + | * [[Politics of France]] |
| - | *[[Multiculturalism in the Netherlands]] | + | * [[History of far-right movements in France]] |
| - | *[[National trauma]] | + | |
| - | *[[Islam in the Netherlands]] | + | |
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Jean-Marie Le Pen (Template:IPA-fr; born 20 June 1928) is a French politician who led the National Front party from its foundation in 1972 until 2011, and a member of the Le Pen political family.
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