What to Know About the Electronic Monitor a French Court Says Marine Le Pen Must Wear
The appeals court cut her office ban to 15 months and ordered an electronic ankle tag after a guilty verdict in a European Parliament fake jobs case.
- The Paris appeals court upheld Marine Le Pen's conviction on Tuesday but reduced her sentence, imposing a 15-month ban from office and a one-year electronic tag, leaving her presidential candidacy uncertain.
- Prosecutors alleged that after taking party leadership in 2011, Le Pen "professionalised" a system to divert European Parliament funds that her late father, Jean-Marie, had first introduced haphazardly.
- Her lawyer, Rodolphe Bosselut, said he was "partially" happy with the verdict, noting "a considerable shift in the sentences, particularly with regards to the ban from office."
- Le Pen may hand her candidacy to 30-year-old Jordan Bardella, the National Rally lieutenant, if the electronic tag prevents her from campaigning freely as she requires.
- Recent opinion polls suggest the far right could win the first round of next year's presidential vote, though hard-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon said if Le Pen runs, "she won't be an opponent we can sneer at.
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A French appeals court found Marine Le Pen, leader of France's far-right party, guilty of misusing EU funds, but reduced the severity of her sentence, allowing her to run for president.
The French far-right politician Marine Le Pen (57) will participate in her country's presidential elections next year. She said this evening on the TF1 news program, hours after a court of appeal had convicted her for channeling European funds to her party, Rassemblement National (RN). She is appealing to the French Supreme Court. This afternoon, the Court of Appeal sentenced Le Pen to a three-year prison term, of which two years are suspended …
French far-right politician Le Pen is sticking to her presidential candidacy. This afternoon, an appeals court sentenced her to one year of house arrest with an electronic ankle monitor for embezzling EU funds.
The ultra-rightist Marine Le Pen made sure to seek the presidency of France in 2027, despite serving a sentence with an electronic bracelet.
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