Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France's far-right National Front political party, reacts in Montrerout, France, February 27. 2018. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
SAINT-CLOUD, France (Reuters) - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen's plan to change the National Front's name amounts to political suicide, its founder, her father Jean-Marie Le Pen told Reuters, warning that his daughter was cutting herself off from the party's roots.
Le Pen father and daughter have been at odds since she kicked him out of the party in 2015 in a bid to distance herself from his frequent inflammatory remarks, which put off a large part of the electorate.
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