The funeral of Jean-Marie Le Pen was held this Saturday afternoon at Trinité-sur-Mer in the presence of his daughter, Marine. A large police force was deployed to prevent incidents. The former leader of the far right was buried in the vault where his parents rest.
It was this Saturday that the funeral of the founder of the National Front, Jean-Marie Le Pen, was held at La Trinité-sur-Mer. The ceremony began with the arrival of the coffin at Saint-Joseph church around 2:20 p.m., followed a few minutes later by some of the close family on foot.
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Around a hundred gendarmes and around thirty security agents around the event
Marine Le Pen appeared, with a closed face, on the arm of her sister Marie-Caroline. A procession accompanied only by the sound of church bells. The approximately 200 people present behind the barriers intended for the public followed the procession with their eyes in complete silence.
It was after two hours of ceremony, in a church strictly closed to the press and the public, that the coffin of Jean-Marie Le Pen left the building to the sound of bagpipes, as is Breton tradition. The hearse, preceded by a religious procession and followed on foot by the entire family and some 300 people, headed towards the cemetery.
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It is framed by a guard of honor, formed by veterans of the Foreign Legion, that the founder of the National Front reached his final resting place, the Le Pen family vault, where his parents and grandparents are buried. .
The authorities feared excesses this Saturday: around a hundred gendarmes and around thirty security agents from the National Rally security service. The entire procession of onlookers was made up of sympathizers and supporters of the Le Pen family.
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But there was still an attempt to disturb public order. Two far-left activists tried to approach the procession as it reached the cemetery, shouting anti-fascist slogans. They were immediately removed by the police, present on site.
