France's far-right National Front political party founder and honorary president Jean-Marie Le Pen attends their traditional May Day tribute to Joan of Arc in Paris, France, May 1, 2015. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
PARIS (Reuters) - France's far-right National Front party has suspended the membership of its founder Jean-Marie Le Pen and will call a party meeting to strip him of his title of honorary chairman, the party said in a statement.
The National Front's executive committee, chaired by Le Pen's daughter, Marine, held a disciplinary hearing on Monday after the former paratrooper repeated his view that Nazi gas chambers were a mere "detail" of World War Two.
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