Jean-Marie Le Pen, 96, has been hospitalized since the beginning of the week to undergo « analyses », indicated to theAFP those around him this Wednesday, November 13, 2024.
“There are ups and downs,” continued this same source, who nevertheless denied rumors “unfounded” as for the supposed bedridden state of Marine Le Pen's father. According to Franceinfo the hospitalization of the former leader of the National Front was decided “as a precaution” after poor analysis results.
The finalist in the 2002 presidential election has seen his health deteriorate for several years. Prosecuted in the case of assistants to RN MEPs, his case was « disjoint » after a medical expertise noted “a profound deterioration” of his physical and psychological state, believing that he was not able or “to be present”, nor of “prepare your defense”.
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Protection mandate
“It is established that (Jean-Marie Le Pen) is not capable of giving consent to any act whatsoever,” Marine Le Pen said at the end of September, at the opening of the trial.
The latter, as well as her two sisters Marie-Caroline and Yann Le Pen, are the beneficiaries of a “protection mandate” – a measure comparable to guardianship – since mid-February, which allows them to carry out various acts in the name of their father, alone or in concert.
At the end of September, the former leader of the National Front was filmed singing with neo-Nazi musicians. A video revealed by Mediapart . In the process, Marine Le Pen announced that she would file a complaint for “abuse of weakness”.
