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Jean-Marie Le Pen, co-founder of the National Front and the first far-right candidate to qualify for the second round of a presidential election, died on Tuesday, January 7, 2025. Between the reasons for the FN's breakthrough in the 1980s, the possibilities of an alliance with the right, the "detail" affair or the surprise of April 21, 2002... A look back at the decisive moments in the "extraordinary" political life of the "Menhir" with Guillaume Perrault, editor-in-chief of Le Figaro in charge of history and former journalist in the political department in charge of the National Front, Guillaume Tabard, political columnist at Le Figaro.