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Gavin Blackburn

Le Pen to run for president after French court upholds fraud conviction

France's far-right chief Marine Le Pen said she still intended to run for president in 2027 despite a Paris appeals court handing her one year of house arrest over a fake jobs scam in the European parliament.

"Tonight, I am a candidate in the presidential election," Le Pen told TF1 television on Tuesday evening.

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