Aged 93, the former president of the National Front is currently under observation in the hospital.
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Jean-Marie Le Pen has been hospitalized since Wednesday evening February 2 following a stroke, franceinfo learned from those around him, confirming information from CNews. The founder and former president of the Front National, aged 93, is taken care of in a hospital in Île-de-France where he has “underwent examinations which revealed nothing of concern” and “His condition is highly satisfactory, considering his age”, it was pointed out from the same source
Jean Marie Le Pen “had visual disturbances Monday evening during a dinner” which led to his hospitalization on Wednesday evening. By the time he leaves the hospital, scheduled for Saturday February 5, he “rests” in this Ile-de-France establishment.
Historical figure of the far right, the former president of the FN had been expelled from the party in 2015, his daughter Marine Le Pen having succeeded him years earlier, in 2011, to the presidency of the National Front, which became the National Rally. . Jean-Marie Le Pen remained honorary president until 2018, before leaving politics for good in 2019, after 34 years in the European Parliament and 63 years after his first election as a deputy.