Black notebook. This Tuesday, January 7, 2025, Jean-Marie Le Pen, co-founder and former president of the National Front, spoke passed away at the age of 96.
The news of his disappearance was confirmed by his relatives in a press release. “Jean-Marie Le Pen, surrounded by his family (his daughters, Yann and Marie-Caroline Le Pen, and three of his grandchildren, editor’s note) was called back to God this Tuesday at noon“, a-t-on pu lire.
The politician had obviously been hospitalized for several weeks in a nursing home located in Garches, in Hauts-de-Seine. It was, according to our colleagues at PointIn and “general state of weakness“.
Jany Le Pen breaks the silence for the first time
Since the announcement of the death of Jean-Marie Le Pen, reactions have abounded. Jany, his wife, spoke in particular at the microphone of BFM TV. Deeply upset, the nonagenarian soberly expressed her state of mind, declaring that she did not feel “not good“.
“I’m going to try to learn to live without him in our house that I love“, she said before revealing that she spent the day surrounded by her family. “It’s very hard. He had been in a health facility for days and days“.
Jany Le Pen then spoke at length about the circumstances in which Marine Le Pen, Jean-Marie’s daughter, learned the news. According to his words, it is “on the plane” that the latter was informed of the death of her father. (She was returning from a trip to Mayotte and was on a stopover in Kenya when she learned the news, editor’s note).
Those close to Jean-Marie Le Pen upset
If the member of the National Assembly of France has not yet spoken publicly, her sister Marie-Caroline Le Pen spoke on X (formerly Twitter) to pay a final tribute to their dad. In an emotional message, the latter wrote: “You will not be able to console me for this sorrow. To God Dad.“
And his granddaughter, Marion Maréchal, added: “Leave alone, I won’t abandon the mission. Throughout your life, you have inspired hundreds of thousands of vocations. You allowed, for a long time alone against everyone, that millions of French people were once again proud of themselves and their country. Thank you for all this“.