Former president of the National Front (FN) - now National Rally (RN) - Jean-Marie Le Pen, 95, was placed in February "under legal protection" In detail, it is a placing under a mandate for future protection, according to the details of his lawyer Me François Wagner. The future protection mandate designates a non-judicial protection measure.

This allows the person concerned to “choose” in advance those who will exercise “their protection” when the time comes.