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| Euro MPs bar Le Pen from top role | Euro MPs bar Le Pen from top role |
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| MEPs have changed the European Parliament's rules to prevent the French far-right leader, Jean-Marie Le Pen, from presiding over the assembly. | MEPs have changed the European Parliament's rules to prevent the French far-right leader, Jean-Marie Le Pen, from presiding over the assembly. |
| They voted overwhelmingly to change a rule that says the oldest member chairs the inaugural session of the new parliament after a European election. | They voted overwhelmingly to change a rule that says the oldest member chairs the inaugural session of the new parliament after a European election. |
| Mr Le Pen could have had that role come 14 July. But now it will fall to the outgoing assembly's president. | Mr Le Pen could have had that role come 14 July. But now it will fall to the outgoing assembly's president. |
| The 80-year-old has described the Nazi gas chambers as "a detail of history". | |
| Mr Le Pen is running for re-election in the European Parliament elections on 4-7 June, as leader of the French National Front (FN). | Mr Le Pen is running for re-election in the European Parliament elections on 4-7 June, as leader of the French National Front (FN). |
| The head of the conservative EPP, the largest bloc in the parliament, backed the initiative of the Socialists and Greens to stop Mr Le Pen chairing the assembly. | The head of the conservative EPP, the largest bloc in the parliament, backed the initiative of the Socialists and Greens to stop Mr Le Pen chairing the assembly. |
| Mr Le Pen's claim about the Holocaust - first made in 1987 - provoked widespread outrage and landed him a fine of 1.2m francs (185,000 euros; $290,000). | Mr Le Pen's claim about the Holocaust - first made in 1987 - provoked widespread outrage and landed him a fine of 1.2m francs (185,000 euros; $290,000). |
| The Nazis murdered at least six million Jews in death camps during World War II. Hundreds of thousands of others were also killed there, including Roma gypsies and disabled people. | The Nazis murdered at least six million Jews in death camps during World War II. Hundreds of thousands of others were also killed there, including Roma gypsies and disabled people. |