Ménard is trying to be the FN's clown. Unfortunately for him, the French media are all fixated on the real FN's clown car and the pie fight unfolding this WE in Marseille between father and daughter.

Jean-Marie Le Pen Creates New Party | Al Jazeera America

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the expelled founder of France's National Front (FN), launched a new party on Saturday, adding fuel to a family feud that has dogged his daughter Marine's campaign to become president.

The announcement of the new party, to be called "Blue-White-Red rally" after the colors of the French flag, overshadowed an annual gathering of Marine Le Pen's FN taking place in Marseille, three months before regional elections.