Le Pen faces trial for 'oven' swipe at Jewish singer

The co-founder of France's far-right National Front (FN), Jean-Marie Le Pen, faces trial for inciting racial hatred over a swipe at a Jewish singer that was seen as anti-Semitic, judicial sources said.

Le Pen, 89, has a long history of lashing out at minorities. He already has several convictions for inciting racial hatred and Holocaust denial.

He made the remark about pop singer Patrick Bruel in a video interview posted on the FN's website in 2014.

Asked about criticism from Bruel and other singers, he chuckled and said: "Listen, we will make an oven load next time".

The remark was widely seen as a veiled reference to the crematoria used by the Nazis to incinerate Holocaust victims.

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