Jean-Marie Le Pen, 96, is hospitalized for “ analyses “, his entourage told AFP on Wednesday, his daughter Marine Le Pen indicating that her father had been taken care of since ” Thursday night ».
“He is hospitalized on a regular basis”
« He is 96 years old and he is hospitalized regularly. There is nothing more or less than the episodes we have already experienced », declared Ms Le Pen to several journalists, on the sidelines of the hearing of the criminal court before which she appeared. “ There are ups and downs “, indicated another source, who nevertheless denied rumors “ not founded » regarding the supposed bedridden state of the finalist in the 2002 presidential election.
The founder of the National Front, which became the National Rally, has seen his health deteriorate for several years. Prosecuted in the case of the assistants of RN MEPs for which his daughter and the party are currently being tried, his case was “ disjoint » after a medical expertise had noted “ a profound deterioration » of his physical and psychological state, believing that he was neither able nor “ to be present », nor « prepare your defense ».
« It is recorded that (Jean-Marie Le Pen) is not capable of giving consent to any act whatsoever. », Said at the end of September, at the opening of the trial, Marine Le Pen. 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.
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