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French court allows far-right leader Marine Le Pen to run for president with ankle tag - a condition she rejects
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Key Points:
- A Paris appeals court upheld Marine Le Pen's conviction for misusing EU funds but shortened her ban on running for elected office, potentially allowing her to run in France’s 2027 presidential election.
- The court ruled Le Pen must wear an electronic ankle tag for a year, which she said would make campaigning difficult and might lead her to withdraw from the race.
- Le Pen was convicted of embezzling 1.4 million euros to hire party members as parliamentary assistants and received a four-year jail term with two years suspended, along with a 100,000-euro fine.
- Her party, National Rally, was fined 2 million euros, and party leader Jordan Bardella expressed full support for Le Pen, condemning her exclusion from the election.
- Le Pen may appeal to France’s highest court, the Court of Cassation, which aims to rule before the 2027 election, while she plans a prime-time TV interview to discuss her political future.
