French politics –
Jean-Marie Le Pen is dead
The historic figure of the far right in France, at the head of the National Front for forty years, died on Tuesday at the age of 96.
Published today at 1:02 p.m.
Jean-Marie Le Pen in Paris in 2019.
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Jean-Marie Le Pen, figure of the French extreme right and finalist in the 2002 presidential election, died Tuesday at the age of 96 in Garches (Hauts-de-Seine), in an establishment where he had been admitted there several weeks ago.
“Jean-Marie Le Pen, surrounded by his family, was called back to God this Tuesday at 12 p.m.,” his family said in a statement sent to AFP.
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