00:00The Paris Court of Appeal has cleared the way for far-right leader Marine Le Pen to run in France's
00:072027 presidential election.
00:09The court upheld her conviction for misusing European Union funds, but reduced her ban from holding public office, allowing her
00:17to remain eligible to stand.
00:19Le Pen was also sentenced to three years in prison, with two years suspended, and the remaining year to be
00:24served under electronic monitoring.
00:26The 57-year-old appealed a March 2025 conviction that found her and other members of her National Rally Party
00:34guilty of embezzling more than €4 million from the European Parliament.
00:40The lower court initially handed her a four-year prison sentence and imposed a five-year ban on holding elected
00:46office.
00:47Le Pen has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and hopes to mount a fourth presidential bid after spending decades transforming the
00:55National Rally into a major political force.
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