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The National Rally leader also said she will attempt to appeal an embezzlement conviction.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has confirmed her run for the 2027 French presidency, also announcing she will appeal an embezzlement conviction.
BBC News – World The National Rally leader also said she will attempt to appeal an embezzlement conviction.
BBC News – World The National Rally leader also said she will attempt to appeal an embezzlement conviction.
French far-right leader announces decision after court orders her to wear ankle tag over embezzlement The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has announced she will run for the presidency in 2027 and will lodge an appeal to France’s highest court over her sentence to wear an electronic ankle tag for the embezzlement of European parliament funds. “Tonight, I am a candidate in the presidential election,” Le Pen, 57,…
BBC News – World The hard-right National Rally leader has ended months of speculation, after a court ruled she could run but would have to wear a tag for a year.
NPR – Politics Republican Senator Mitch McConnell returned to the US Senate on Monday, casting his first vote after a three-month absence. The 84-year-old Kentucky lawmaker was hospitalised in June following a fall at home and said he was "briefly unconscious" during recovery. McConnell said he looked forward to being back on the Senate floor.
NYTimes – World The Danish prime minister has accused Russia of "reckless" behaviour, while the Kremlin is yet to comment.
NYTimes – US California governor Gavin Newsom said in a CNN interview that he will not run for president in 2028 if former vice-president Kamala Harris enters the race. Newsom, who is term-limited, called a potential matchup against fellow Californian Harris a waste of everybody's time. The comments appeared to conflict with his widely assumed presidential ambitions.
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