Jean Marie Le Pen is hospitalized following a mild ischemia. According to sources cited by the French media, the 93-year-old former leader of the French far-right began experiencing visual disturbances on Monday night and yesterday he was admitted to a hospital in the metropolitan region of Paris.
Medical examinations “did not indicate anything worrying,” sources from the founder of the Front National’s entourage assured Franceinfo. According to these sources, Le Pen will be discharged from hospital on Saturday, barring any complications.
Le Pen, who as a candidate for the Elysée managed to reach the second round against Jacques Chirac in 2002, left politics definitively in 2019, after having been honorary president of the party led by his daughter Marina Le Pen in that year until 2018. year, in stark contrast to his father, he re-founded the party as Rassemblement National. A candidate for the next presidential elections, the far-right leader in 2017 reached the second round against Emmanuel Macron.
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