Ousted Le Pen to set up his own political group

France’s far-right National Front founder Jean-Marie Le Pen, whose party membership has been suspended by his own daughter, plans to set up his own political group.

Last week, party chief Marine Le Pen suspended her father’s membership and called a meeting to strip him of his title of honorary chairman after the former paratrooper repeated his view that Nazi gas chambers were a mere “detail” of World War Two.

“I will not create another party. I will create a formation that will not compete with the FN,” Jean-Marie Le Pen said on Radio Courtoisie.