Marion Marechal: is the Le Pen name now toxic – even to the far right?

Marechal, granddaughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen, changes surname but keeps right-wing views

Marion Marechal
(Image credit: Getty images)

The name Le Pen “for decades associated with anti-immigration and often racist politics in France”, says The Guardian, appears to have become so out of favour that even a leading member of the country’s far right has abandoned it.

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