The leader of France's far-right National Rally, Marine Le Pen, said on Tuesday she would run for president next year after an embezzlement conviction was confirmed on appeal, a ruling she said she would challenge before the country's highest court.
"This evening, I am a candidate in the presidential election," she said, ending uncertainty over whether she would run for the top job for the fourth time in elections viewed as her party's best ever chance to win the presidency.
