French Court Opens Door for Marine Le Pen to Run for President, With Ankle Tag
PARIS, July 7 (Reuters) – A French appeal court on Tuesday upheld Marine Le Pen’s conviction for misusing EU funds but shortened her ban on running for public office, in theory preserving a path for the conservative leader to run in the 2027 presidential election. However, the court also sentenced Le Pen to a three-year...
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Home – International News – French Court Opens Door for Marine Le Pen to Run for President, With Ankle Tag news French Court Opens Door for Marine Le Pen to Run for President, With Ankle Tag Juliette Jabkhiro | Elizabeth Pineau • July 7, 2026 Print French politician Marine Le Pen, member of parliament for the Rassemblement National (National Rally – RN) party, arrives to attend the verdict in her appeal trial, July 7, 2026. (REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier) (function(){var t=document.querySelector(".wp-block-kadence-dynamichtml"),s=document.currentScript.previousElementSibling;if(t&&s){if("prepend"==="before_element")t.parentNode.insertBefore(s,t);else if("prepend"==="after_element")t.parentNode.insertBefore(s,t.nextSibling);else…
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