{"id":678536,"date":"2026-07-07T13:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/678536\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T13:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:14:11","slug":"french-court-clears-way-for-marine-le-pen-to-run-for-president-but-orders-her-to-wear-electronic-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/678536\/","title":{"rendered":"French court clears way for Marine Le Pen to run for president but orders her to wear electronic tag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.files.bbci.co.uk\/core\/website\/assets\/static\/news\/incident-types\/light-mode\/analysis.77b314ef10.svg\" alt=\"Analysis\" height=\"2.5rem\" width=\"9.8125rem\" draggable=\"false\" class=\"ssrcss-h608ny-ContributorImageComponent e2hr5uu0\"\/>France&#8217;s allies are watching very closelypublished at 13:21 BST<\/p>\n<p>13:21 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-qs9kpv-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a9e2a4ee-334f-4d2e-a0cb-eddb38d9ea9e.jpg.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Katya Adler<br \/>BBC Europe editor reporting from Paris<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"French President and La Republique en Marche (LREM) party candidate for re-election Emmanuel Macron (L) and French far-right party Rassemblement National (RN) presidential candidate Marine Le Pen (R) sit prior to taking part in a live televised debate on French TV channels TF1 and France 2 in Saint-Denis in April 2022&quot;\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4f08cc88-4fde-4abd-aed0-8436cdf0b364.jpg.webp\"  width=\"1001\" height=\"562\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, AFP via Getty ImagesImage caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Le Pen was twice defeated by Emmanuel Macron in the presidential race, but Macron will not be running in 2027<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Will she, won\u2019t she? <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Many of France\u2019s European allies were watching the Court of Appeal so closely today. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Now they await Marine Le Pen\u2019s appearance on French TV this evening to hear her decision as to whether she will indeed canvass to become France\u2019s next president \u2013 or not. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It matters. France is the European Union\u2019s second largest economy. A nuclear power with a significant military (by European standards). <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The fact that Eurosceptic, traditionally Nato-unenthusiastic Le Pen and her protegee Jordan Bardella, who could run for president in her stead, are head and shoulders ahead of other possible presidential candidates in opinion polls is a huge worry in Brussels.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jordan Bardella, president of the French far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) political party, arrives at the Rassemblement National headquarters before the verdict\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/79f8d3d4-8185-4fd9-a304-145743d4341c.jpg.webp\"  width=\"3500\" height=\"1969\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, ReutersImage caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">National Rally President Jordan Bardella pictured arriving at NR headquarters today<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But there are a fair few European decision-makers who believe, if Jordan Bardella becomes France\u2019s next president, he could be more \u2018reasonable\u2019 than Le Pen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Others whisper that Bardella\u2019s youth and political inexperience could also mean he\u2019ll trip up and lose popularity between now and next year\u2019s election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Nine months is a very long time in politics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A number of so-called &#8220;disruptor&#8221; parties across Europe, however &#8211; like Germany\u2019s popular Alternative for Germany (AfD) &#8211; are thought likely to use today\u2019s ruling by the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The ruling, which includes Le Pen having to wear an electronic tag, could be used to support their assertion that the establishment will use all means at their disposal, including the justice system, to try to crush the voice of the people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"France&#8217;s allies are watching very closelypublished at 13:21 BST 13:21 BST Katya AdlerBBC Europe editor reporting from Paris&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-678536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}