French far-right leader Le Pen says will run in 2027 presidential election
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen has said she will run in France’s 2027 presidential election.
Her announcement in an interview with broadcaster TF1 followed an appeals court ruling earlier on Tuesday that allowed her to run in the election if she agreed to wear an electronic ankle tag. She has previously said she would not run if she was forced to campaign while wearing one.
“I had indicated that I would not campaign while wearing an electronic tag. But since I have the option of appealing … and the government is suspending the effects of the ruling, I will therefore campaign without an electronic tag,” Le Pen told TF1.
“So tonight, I am a candidate in the presidential election.”
The appeals court ruling reduced a ban on Le Pen holding elected office to 45 months, with 30 suspended. The other 15 months were expected to be backdated from the initial verdict by a lower court in March last year.
The lower court had sentenced Le Pen, 57, to a five-year ban from public office and two years in prison over a fake jobs scam at the European Parliament, which would have ruled her out of the 2027 election.
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Marine Le Pen has announced she will run in France's 2027 presidential election. An appeals court ruling on Tuesday reduced her ban from holding public office from five years to 45 months, with 30 months suspended. The remaining 15 months are expected to be backdated to her original conviction. Le Pen had previously said she would not campaign while wearing an electronic ankle tag, a condition initially imposed by the court. With the government suspending the ruling's effects pending further appeal, she can now campaign without the tag. Her candidacy follows a lower court conviction last March related to a fake jobs scam at the European Parliament.
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Far-right leader Marine Le Pen has said she will run in France’s 2027 presidential election.
Her announcement in an interview with broadcaster TF1 followed an appeals court ruling earlier on Tuesday that allowed her to run in the election if she agreed to wear an electronic ankle tag. She has previously said she would not run if she was forced to campaign while wearing one.
“I had indicated that I would not campaign while wearing an electronic tag. But since I have the option of appealing … and the government is suspending the effects of the ruling, I will therefore campaign without an electronic tag,” Le Pen told TF1.
“So tonight, I am a candidate in the presidential election.”
The appeals court ruling reduced a ban on Le Pen holding elected office to 45 months, with 30 suspended. The other 15 months were expected to be backdated from the initial verdict by a lower court in March last year.
The lower court had sentenced Le Pen, 57, to a five-year ban from public office and two years in prison over a fake jobs scam at the European Parliament, which would have ruled her out of the 2027 election.
More to come…
Read the full story at Al Jazeera ↗
Marine Le Pen announced she will run in France's 2027 presidential election An appeals court ruling on Tuesday reduced her ban from holding public office from five years to 45 months, with 30 months suspended She was ordered to wear an electronic ankle tag as a condition of the ruling The government suspended the ruling's effects, allowing her to campaign without the tag Le Pen's conviction stemmed from a fake jobs scam at the European Parliament Le Pen's previous statement that she would not campaign while wearing an electronic tag influenced her decision to run once the condition was suspended
Read the full story at Al Jazeera ↗
- Marine Le Pen announced her candidacy for France's 2027 presidential election
- An appeals court ruling reduced her ban from public office from five years to 45 months, with 30 suspended
- Le Pen previously stated she would not campaign while wearing an electronic ankle tag; the government has suspended the ruling's effects, allowing her to campaign without one
- Le Pen was initially convicted in March last year over a fake jobs scam at the European Parliament