Le Pen launches 2027 run as court

Marine Le Pen says she will run for France's 2027 presidency while appealing an embezzlement conviction and a one-year electronic monitoring sentence.

1. Frame 1Le Pen says she will seek France's 2027 presidency while a court-monitor sentence hangs over the campaign.
2. Frame 2An appeals court shortened her office ban, clearing a run, but ordered one year of electronic monitoring.
3. Frame 3The conviction centers on misused European Parliament funds routed through National Rally party jobs.
4. Frame 4She says a Cour de Cassation appeal suspends the monitoring sentence while judges review the case.
5. Frame 5Campaign logistics now run through courts, calendars, travel limits, and voter judgment of the tag.
6. Frame 6France's high court says it would try to rule before the 2027 presidential election.