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The funeral mass must be celebrated in family privacy at Saint-Joseph Church. The small light stone building, which can accommodate just over 200 people, is located just 200 meters from the Le Pen family house. It was in this same church that the funeral of another local celebrity, the former singer Alain Barrière, was celebrated in 2019. “It is the Trinitain at heart that the town welcomes today in his final resting place,” responded Yves Normand, mayor (without label) of the town on Thursday. “Far from his national notoriety, he loved to enjoy his home here with his friends and family, in privacy and discretion. »
A security system put in place
Unlike his daughters, Jean-Marie Le Pen rarely came to this Breton village of 1,700 inhabitants in recent years. “Trinité is not necessarily more right-wing than elsewhere. Me, I think we just have to remain correct… We have to respect his death, unlike what happened in Paris at the Place de République,” said a resident.
Tuesday evening, improvised demonstrations to celebrate the death of this far-right figure were organized in major cities in France. These giant aperitifs have divided the political class. “Death, even the enemy has the right to respect,” reacted government spokesperson Sophie Primas.
“Given the nature of the personality and the gatherings occurring in several French metropolises”, the Morbihan prefecture announced that a “security system will be put in place to ensure that the funerals take place with dignity and prevent possible disturbances to public order which may arise. “I hope that there won’t be groups from the far left or others who will come and cause mayhem, but that doesn’t worry me that much,” continues this same resident.
A mass open to the public in Paris
A “religious ceremony and tribute” to Jean-Marie Le Pen will also take place next Thursday in Paris at the Notre-Dame du Val-de-Grâce church, attached to the diocese of the French Armies, his family indicated. This mass, decided by Marine Le Pen and her sisters Marie-Caroline and Yann, will be open to the public.
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