A Paris appeals court ruled on Tuesday that Marine Le Pen remains eligible to run in the 2027 presidential election, reducing her initial five-year public office ban to 45 months.
The court upheld Le Pen's conviction for embezzling European Union funds but adjusted her sentence to three years in prison, with two years suspended and one year under home electronic surveillance.
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The ruling also imposed a €100,000 fine on Le Pen, sparking immediate political reactions across France regarding the feasibility of her campaign while wearing an electronic tracking device.
Le Pen's Response and Political Reactions
"When you are a presidential candidate, you need to be completely free to move about, and that is not the case if you are wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet," Le Pen said.
She previously denounced the initial March 2025 lower court verdict as an establishment conspiracy designed to block her political ambitions, calling it a "fateful day for our democracy."
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French opposition lawmakers expressed mixed reactions.
Left-wing politicians argued that the conviction renders her unfit for the presidency, while some right-wing allies praised the reduction of the ban.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán voiced support, saying "Je suis Marine."
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US President Donald Trump had also commented on the original proceedings last year, calling them a "Witch Hunt."
