Marine Le Pen said she intends to run in the 2027 presidential election despite a ruling by the appeals court that upheld her conviction in a case over the misuse of public funds.
The leader of the right-wing National Rally, who led the party for about two decades, plans to run for president of France for a fourth time.
The appeals court upheld the conviction and ordered Le Pen to wear an electronic bracelet. She said, however, that she would appeal to France’s highest court. That, she said, would delay enforcement of the sentence and allow her to campaign without electronic monitoring.
“Tonight, I am a candidate,” Le Pen said on TF1. “I will not change my mind.”
Le Pen’s decision to keep fighting reflects her political trajectory: over two decades, she has transformed National Rally from a fringe force into an influential party leading in the polls.
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