Jean-Marie Le Pen in court bid to overturn party expulsion

French far-right firebrand Jean-Marie Le Pen has asked a court to force the party he founded to let him back in, after he was expelled for anti-Semitic comments which embarrassed his daughter Marine as she pursues the French presidency.

Mr Le Pen's lawyer, Frederic Joachim, argued that his client's expulsion from the National Front last year violated party procedures, and said it was a decision made by an "execution squad".