Marine Le Pen issues defiant call that she will run in next year's election WITHOUT a tag despite being found guilty of embezzling funds

Marine Le Pen has defiantly claimed she will run for French president for the fourth time in the country's 2027 election without a tag, eligible to run after a court lifted an electoral ban.The right-wing leader, her party the National Rally and 23 co-defendants were found guilty of embezzling money in March 2025, stemming from an institutional complaint dating back more than a decade.Sentenced to house arrest and hit with a four-year electoral ban, an appeals court upheld the French politician's conviction for embezzling European Parliament funds, but reduced her ban on running in a public office to just 15 more months.Ms Le Pen told TF1 television: “Tonight, I am a candidate in the presidential election", ending uncertainty over who...

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