French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Thursday said those behind death threats against a judge and prosecutors trying her in a graft trial should be punished, in her first comments on a police investigation into the abuse.

Experts argue the French rightwing leader's newfound distance from the U.S. president represents the growing legitimacy of her National Rally party.

Police in France's western region of Brittany said they are investigating the damage to the grave, which was reportedly caused by a sledgehammer. View on euronews

Rennes: The grave in western France of the co-founder of the country’s main postwar far-right movement Jean Marie Le Pen has been vandalised, his former party said on Friday, denouncing an “unspeakable” act.