The Menhir is no more. This Tuesday, January 7, Jean-Marie Le Pen died at the age of 96. The founder of the National Front leaves behind his three daughters, Marine of course but also Yann and Marie-Caroline. The eldest of the politician's children, the latter was born in 1960. And she is at the origin of a family breakdowne. It all started at the end of the 1990s. Then leader of the FN, Jean-Marie Le Pen was pushed towards the exit. In the party, a revolt has arisen, led by Bruno Mégret. Ex-number 2 in the party, he could then count on the support of Philippe Olliver and his partner… Marie-Caroline Le Pen. “In my memories, I will talk about Marie-Caroline, and I will say that I no longer have a relationship with her, said Jean-Marie Le Pen in 2013. The facts that I can accuse him of are so peremptory that they do not require explanation.”
“He put his personal revenge before everything else”
On TF1 at that time, Jean-Marie Le Pen uttered a phrase that remains famous: “Women are used to following their husband or lover rather than their father”. After joining the National Republican Movement, Marie-Caroline Le Pen broke away from her father but also from her sister. Discreet for years on this subject, Marie-Caroline Le Pen returned to this family quarrel in the columns of Le Parisien, in 2015. “Fighting has always been his driving force. That’s why he ages so well, it’s psychological”(…)
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