Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the Front National (French extreme right) and father of Marine Le Pen, was hospitalized on Saturday, the newspaper reveals. Le point.
According to a friend, the 94-year-old former politician suffered from “great fatigue, possibly of a cardiac nature”, which led to his “immediate hospitalization”.
According to the newspaper, Jean-Marie Le Pen’s health condition was considered “serious” by doctors and his next of kin were called. .
Last year, Le Pen was already in hospital after a stroke (Cerebral Vascular Accident).
The historic leader of the far right in France handed over the leadership of the FN to his daughter in 2011, with Marine Le Pen transforming the party and renaming it the Rassemblement National (National Assembly, RN).
After several clashes between the two over differences in strategy and ideological orientation, she excluded him from the lineup in 2015.
However, Jean-Marie Le Pen remained honorary president until 2018 and left politics for good a year later.
Source: DN
