Prosecutors in France launched judicial proceedings for Holocaust denial against a leading far-right politician. The Lyon Prosecutors Office said criminal proceedings are to be launched against the National Front party’s No. 2 leader, Bruno Gollnisch, after he said last month that the existence of Nazi gas chambers was a subject of legitimate debate.
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