An appeals court Tuesday handed France‘s hard-right chief Marine Le Pen a one-year term with an ankle tag over a fake jobs scam in the European parliament, casting doubt on whether she will run for president next April.
The court ruled Le Pen serve a three-year jail term. Although the court said two years were suspended, it ordered her to wear an electronic ankle tag for one year.
The embattled 57-year-old National Rally party veteran had been a strong favourite to replace Emmanuel Macron as head of state.
But last year she was found guilty of embezzling the equivalent of more than £1million
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