Le Pen Cleared for 2027 Run With Ankle Monitor Condition, Rejects Terms
Despite a court-ordered electronic monitor sentence for embezzlement, far-right leader Marine Le Pen has declared her intention to run for the French presidency next year. Le Pen plans to appeal the ruling to France’s highest court, which she believes will suspend the monitoring requirement and clear her path for a fourth presidential campaign. An appeals court had previously shortened a ban on seeking office, and while upholding guilt, reduced Le Pen’s punishments, effectively allowing her to campaign.
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