Le Pen, candidate

Marine Le Pen said will be the candidate in the presidential elections after the appeals court cleared her to run. She now counts on the court de cassation to spare her from house arrest.

“I am a candidate for the presidential elections”

is what Marine Le Pen concluded after the appeals court gave its verdict. The court cleared her from the ban on running for office, but not from the house arrest sentence. On TF1 last night, she seemed confident that the Court of Cassation, to which she will appeal, will allow her to campaign without an e…