Founder of France’s far-right movement, Jean-Marie Le Pen, dies aged 96  

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right movement, has died at the age of 96. 

Le Pen died on Tuesday (7 January) “surrounded by his loved ones”, AFP reported. He had been in a care facility for several weeks.

In a statement posted on X/Twitter, the president of the party Le Pen founded, National Rally, Jordan Bardella, said: “He always served France, defended its identity and its sovereignty. Today, I think with sadness of his family, his loved ones and, of course, of Marine whose mourning must be respected.”  

Jean-Marie Le Pen est mort.

Engagé sous l’uniforme de l’armée française en Indochine et en Algérie, tribun du peuple à l’Assemblée nationale et au Parlement européen, il a toujours servi la France, défendu son identité et sa souveraineté.

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