French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has announced she will run for president in 2027 after an appeals court shortened her ban on public office – but she faces having to campaign while wearing an electronic ankle tag.
The 57-year-old’s presidential hopes had been in limbo since March 2025, when she received a five-year electoral ban for using money from the European parliament to pay wages for staff at her anti-immigrant National Rally (RN) party.
