Marine Le Pen is permitted to run for president by a French court, but she is required to wear an electronic tag.
A Paris court upholds Marine Le Pen's embezzlement conviction - but clears the path for her to run in the 2027 French presidential election Le Pen received a three-year prison sentence from judges on the Court of Appeal, two of which were suspended and one with an electronic tag. The hard-right leader received a four-year sentence after the trial in 2025, with two years suspended and the remaining two served with a tag. She was also banned from running for public office for five years, but that has been reduced to 15 months today. This means that Le Pen can technically run for president of France next year, but she has stated that she will not do so under these circumstances, according to our digital Europe editor. The appeal verdict of today was supposed to set the stage for the presidential race. We must now wait for an unambiguous announcement from Marine Le Pen regarding her candidacy. The first round of elections is on 18 April 2027 and the run-off if no candidate...