This Tuesday, January 7, Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the National Front, former MEP and finalist in the 2002 presidential election, died at the age of 96 in Garches (Hauts-de-Seine), announced his surroundings. News that did not take long to provoke a reaction. “He has always served France, defended its identity and its sovereignty”declared the president of the National Rally, Jordan Bardella.
The President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron, through the Élysée, also sent his condolences to the relatives of the former leader of the FN, recalling that the latter had been a presidential candidate five times. “A historic figure of the extreme right, he played a role in the public life of our country for nearly seventy years, which is now subject to the judgment of History” can we read in a press release.
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“We knew what a fighter he was”
Government representatives also did not fail to comment on this announcement. Starting with François Bayrou. “Beyond the controversies which were his favorite weapon and the necessary confrontations on the merits, Jean-Marie Le Pen will have been a figure in French political life. We knew, by fighting him, what a fighter he was”wrote the Prime Minister on X.
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“Whatever opinion one may have of Jean-Marie Le Pen, he will undoubtedly have left his mark on his era,” For his part, reacted the Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau, sending his condolences to the president of the National Rally, Marine Le Pen, as well as to her relatives.
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