Le Pen says she will
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Le Pen says she will not run in 2027 if forced to wear ankle monitor

Marine Le Pen will not run in the 2027 presidential election if she is forced to wear an ankle monitor, she tells French LCI.

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The verdict against the far-right politician will be handed down on Tuesday after she appealed last year's conviction for fraud involving EU funds. She was sentenced to four years in prison. At the same time, she was banned from running for election for five years.

If the conviction is upheld on Tuesday, Le Pen could, among other things, be banned from holding elected office or be sentenced to wear an ankle monitor.

"If I can be a candidate, I will be a candidate, provided I can campaign," she says.

If I am allowed to be a candidate but in practice am prevented from campaigning freely, you understand that it would not be possible.

If Le Pen is allowed to run, she is seen as a leading candidate to succeed incumbent President Emmanuel Macron.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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