French MP sued for allegedly adopting aristocratic family’s name

Emmanuel Tache de la Pagerie, a member of Marine Le Pen's far-right party, faces legal action by descendants of the Tascher de la Pagerie family

A newly elected MP for Marine Le Pen's resurgent far-right National Rally party has been sued by the descendants of one of France's oldest aristocratic families who accuse him of adding their name to his own.

Emmanuel Tache de la Pagerie, 47, was one of dozens of National Rally MPs voted into the National Assembly on Sunday, with his official ID verified and approved by the local authorities in the southern city of Marseille.