A French appeals court has upheld a conviction on far-right leader Marine Le Pen for misusing EU funds but shortened a ban on her running for elected office, opening the door for her to stand in next year’s presidential election.
The court ruled that Le Pen must serve a three-year jail term; however, it said two of those years were suspended and it ordered her to wear an electronic monitoring tag for one year.
The appeals court also effectively reduced the amount of time she is barred from running for office to just 15 months – technically a 45-month ban with 30 months suspended – and gave her a €100,000 ($114,000) fine.
This ruling means that she could still run for office in France’s 2027 presidential election while wearing an electronic ankle monitor.
Original reporting: KEYT (Ventura/Santa Barbara) — read the source article.
