French far-right party founder Le Pen in hospital after operation
Reuters
Published Apr 16, 2015 11:39AM ET
Updated Apr 16, 2015 11:51AM ET
French far-right party founder Le Pen in hospital after operation
PARIS (Reuters) - The 86-year-old founder of France's far-right FN party, Jean-Marie Le Pen, was under observation in hospital on Thursday after an operation, in the midst of a family feud that has seen him clash with his daughter Marine, now the party leader.
Marine Le Pen said her father was doing fine. "He's doing well. He had a benign operation and there is no reason to worry," she told Reuters at the party headquarters.
While Marine did not say what the operation was, a source close to her father said this had to do with his heart, but was not an emergency operation.
The former paratrooper agreed on Monday to give up on seeking the party's ticket to stand in regional polls, taking some of the sting out of the damaging public row. But he has insisted he will not heed his daughter's other demand - that he quit politics altogether.
Get The News You Want
Written By: Reuters
Trading in financial instruments and/or cryptocurrencies involves high risks including the risk of losing some, or all, of your investment amount, and may not be suitable for all investors. Prices of cryptocurrencies are extremely volatile and may be affected by external factors such as financial, regulatory or political events. Trading on margin increases the financial risks.
Before deciding to trade in financial instrument or cryptocurrencies you should be fully informed of the risks and costs associated with trading the financial markets, carefully consider your investment objectives, level of experience, and risk appetite, and seek professional advice where needed.
Fusion Media would like to remind you that the data contained in this website is not necessarily real-time nor accurate. The data and prices on the website are not necessarily provided by any market or exchange, but may be provided by market makers, and so prices may not be accurate and may differ from the actual price at any given market, meaning prices are indicative and not appropriate for trading purposes. Fusion Media and any provider of the data contained in this website will not accept liability for any loss or damage as a result of your trading, or your reliance on the information contained within this website.
It is prohibited to use, store, reproduce, display, modify, transmit or distribute the data contained in this website without the explicit prior written permission of Fusion Media and/or the data provider. All intellectual property rights are reserved by the providers and/or the exchange providing the data contained in this website.
Fusion Media may be compensated by the advertisers that appear on the website, based on your interaction with the advertisements or advertisers.