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The former president of the National Front was the subject of a protection warrant in mid-February. A measure which could compromise the participation of “Menhir” in its trial scheduled for the fall.
Jean-Marie Le Pen, 95, was placed “under legal protection”said the vice-president of the RN Louis Aliot on Wednesday, confirming a RMC information. This civil provision, comparable to guardianship, was activated at the request of the family by the local court of Puteaux (Hauts-de Seine), after a medical expertise establishing the incapacity of Jean-Marie Le Pen.
The former president of the National Front (now called RN for National Rally) was the subject of a mid-February protection mandate, explained to AFP his lawyer, Me François Wagner. His interests are therefore now managed by his three daughters: Marine, Marie-Caroline and Yann Le Pen, allowing them to carry out various acts in the name of their father, alone or in concert.
Can this protective measure prevent Jean-Marie Le Pen from having to appear in court next September in the European parliamentary assistants case? His lawyer assures that this approach does not have this objective. In July, a hearing will determine whether or not Jean-Marie Le Pen is able to answer for his actions in court.
“He is a man who is his age, who is tired. He is now under legal protection and it is his children who participate in the management of his affairs. I think that the court will have to pronounce a measure stating that he can neither surrender nor testify at this trial,” said Louis Aliot, the RN mayor of Perpignan, this Wednesday on RMC-BFMTV.
According to several of those close to him, Jean-Marie Le Pen’s health has declined significantly since a heart attack in April 2023.