Marine Le Pen will run for election in 2027. Will she have to wear an electronic tag?

Court clears way for RN leader to be presidential candidate after she was found guilty of overseeing a scheme that misused more than €4m of EU money

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So she’s running.

Written off by many after https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/31/marine-le-pen-barred-from-running-for-french-presidency-in-2027">her conviction last year for embezzling public funds, Marine Le Pen, France’s far-right figurehead, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/07/marine-le-pen-doubt-presidential-election-electronic-tag-france">insisted yesterday there was “no scenario in which I will not be a candidate” for the French presidency in next year’s elections.

Hours earlier, a Paris appeals court https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jul/07/nato-summit-zelenskyy-trump-ukraine-rutte-defence-eu-spending-turkey-france-macron-le-pen-europe-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6a4cea208f08465104a54576#block-6a4cea208f08465104a54576">had confirmed she was guilty of overseeing a scheme that misused more than €4m of EU money.

But the court cleared a way for Le Pen to mount her fourth tilt at France’s highest office, and she has taken it.