Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s Right-wing National Rally, is now the clear favourite to win next year’s presidential election, despite a conviction for fraud, a suspended prison sentence, a €100,000 (£85,000) fine and the possibility she might have to campaign wearing an electronic ankle bracelet to monitor her movements.
It is a remarkable prospect for a politician who has already tried and failed three times to win the presidency (2012, 2017 and 2022) and for whom previous court rulings looked like making a fourth run impossible.
It places the populist Right on the brink of presidential power for the first time
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