Jean-Marie Le Pen died on January 7, 2025. Figure of the French extreme right, founder of the National Front and finalist in the 2002 presidential election, he was 96 years old. He died in Garches (Hauts-de-Seine), in an establishment where he had been admitted several weeks ago.
His death provoked many reactions. “He has always served France, defended its identity and its sovereignty,” wrote the president of the National Rally Jordan Bardella. “Jean-Marie Le Pen will have been a figure in French political life,” responded Prime Minister François Bayrou. “The President of the Republic expresses his condolences to his family and loved ones,” wrote the Élysée in a press release.
Marine Le Pen has not yet reacted publicly. While several members of his family reacted, including his granddaughter Marion Maréchal, his daughter and successor at the head of the FN Marine Le Pen did not react. Returning from a visit to Mayotte, she would have learned the news on the plane taking her back to Paris, which landed this Tuesday evening at 11 p.m.
Hundreds of people gathered. In several cities in France, a few hundred people, sometimes responding to calls from anti-fascist organizations, gathered to “celebrate” the disappearance of the co-founder of the National Front. Songs, signs, firecrackers and fireworks… these events” were notably denounced by the Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau.
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