France's Jean-Marie Le Pen protests party expulsion in court
Source: Associated Press
France's Jean-Marie Le Pen protests party expulsion in court
Catherine Gaschka, Associated Press
Updated 8:45 am, Wednesday, October 5, 2016
NANTERRE, France (AP) — French far-right firebrand Jean-Marie Le Pen wants a court to force the party he founded to let him back in, after he was expelled for anti-Semitic comments that embarrassed his daughter Marine as she pursues the French presidency.
The 87-year-old Le Pen argued Wednesday in a court west of Paris that his expulsion from the National Front last year violated party procedures. He has said it was a decision made by an "execution squad."
"I expect victory," Le Pen told reporters upon arrival at the trial, where he is hoping to be able to rejoin the party and its leadership — and demanding 2 million euros ($2.2 million) for his suffering.
"That's a minimum he is owed for the immense loss" to his morale and reputation, his lawyer, Frederic Joachim, told The Associated Press.
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