Marine Le Pen has declared she will run for the French presidency in 2027, hours after a Paris appeals court upheld her conviction for misusing European Union funds but reduced her ban from public office, effectively clearing her path to stand.
The court shortened the original five-year ban imposed last year, meaning the required period of ineligibility has already been served — though Le Pen has been ordered to wear an electronic tag for a year.
Le Pen says she will challenge the ruling before France's highest court, the Court of Cassation.
Ross Cullen reports from Paris.
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Ross Cullen, reporting from Paris, says the appeals court significantly reduced the original sentence handed down last year.
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