After the death of Jean-Marie Le Pen this Tuesday, January 7 at the age of 96, representatives of the far right praise the memory of the founder of the National Front, while the left calls for continuing the fight against his ideas.
– Jean-Marie Le Pen died this Tuesday, January 7 around 12 p.m., at the age of 96. The founder of the National Rally and finalist in the 2002 presidential election had been hospitalized for several weeks in an establishment in Garches, in Hauts-de-Seine.
– On the plane returning from a trip to Mayotte, the boss of the far right, Marine Le Pen, has not yet reacted. The president of the National Rally, Jordan Bardella, greeted someone who “has always served France”.
– The leader of the rebels Jean-Luc Mélenchon estimated that if the «combat» against Jean-Marie Le Pen was now «ends»the one “against hatred, racism, Islamophobia and anti-Semitism […] continue». Communist senator Ian Brossat deplored “his nauseating ideas” “which remain”.
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A life of slip-ups. Of “detail of history” has “Durafour crematorium”, the former president of the FN increased racist and anti-Semitic provocations throughout his political career. Throughout his political career which began in 1948, Jean-Marie Le Pen has made a series of verbal slip-ups by making his provocations a trademark, sometimes combining gesture with words. An article to read below:
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For Mélenchon, “the fight against man is over, the fight against hatred, racism, Islamophobia and anti-Semitism […] continue». A long-time fighter against the former president of the RN, Jean-Luc Mélenchon is one of the first political leaders to react to the death of Jean-Marie Le Pen. The rebel estimated that “respect for the dignity of the dead and the grief of their loved ones does not erase the right to judge their actions.” “Those of Jean-Marie Le Pen”political opponent of Mélenchon, “remain unbearable”. If for the boss of the LFI “the fight against man is over”, “the fight against the hatred, racism, Islamophobia and anti-Semitism that he spread continues”.
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Jordan Bardella pays a sober tribute to a “tribune of the people”. A few minutes after the announcement of the death of Jean-Marie Le Pen, Jordan Bardella was the first to react publicly. In a message on X, the president of the National Rally paid tribute to one of the founders of his party. “Engaged under the uniform of the French army in Indochina and Algeria, tribune of the people in the National Assembly and the European Parliament, he has always served France, defended its identity and its sovereignty”Bardella soberly published. He also sent a message of support “to his family, to his loved ones, and of course to Marine whose mourning must be respected” .
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Jean-Marie Le Pen died in a health establishment in the Paris region. The creator of the FN in 1972 and finalist in the 2002 presidential election, died this Tuesday at the age of 96 in Garches (Hauts-de-Seine), in an establishment where he had been admitted 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 press release sent to Agence France Presse.
