“We regret that the Chirac family refused to abide by the republican customs, allowing all the elected representatives of the French people to go to the ceremony of honoring the former president tomorrow,” Le Pen wrote on Twitter.
In France, September 30 is declared the day of national mourning, a service will be held at the Saint-Sulpice church in Paris, which will be attended by incumbent head of state Emmanuel Macron and leaders of other countries.
Chirac will be buried in the cemetery of Montparnasse.
It was also reported on the plans of Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend a farewell ceremony in Paris with the former president of France.