00:00French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has announced she will run in the 2027 presidential election
00:06after an appeals court reduced her ban from holding public office.
00:10Le Pen says she will pursue all legal avenues to appeal her embezzlement conviction,
00:15which requires her to wear an electronic monitoring tag for one year.
00:20The appeal would suspend the order until France's top civil court delivers its ruling, likely in early 2027.
00:27Le Pen's presidential ambitions have been in doubt since a March 2025 ruling imposed a five-year ban to hold
00:34office
00:35after she was convicted of embezzling European Parliament funds.
00:39Tuesday's appeals court decision upheld the conviction but reduced the ban,
00:43clearing the way for the 57-year-old to mount her fourth bid for the French presidency.
00:48Le Pen had previously said she would not run if she was required to wear an electronic tag,
00:52arguing it would hamper her campaign and undermine her credibility.
00:56Her party had already been preparing for the possibility that its 30-year-old president,
01:01Jordan Bardella, would replace her as the presidential candidate.
01:04But putting an end to that speculation,
01:07Le Pen declared there is no scenario where she will not run for the 2027 election.
01:12She's really only had any other than once in the False
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