Marine Le Pen’s decision to stay in the race for France’s presidency while appealing her conviction for embezzlement is a high-risk strategy that could eventually help her mainstream opponents who are lagging far behind her in the polls.
The far-right leader’s move to appeal before the Cour de Cassation, France’s highest court, pauses her conviction and suspended sentence handed down by an appeal court earlier on Tuesday. It allows her to run as a candidate for her Rassemblement National party without wearing an electronic tag, pending the final judgment. She will not have to hand the baton to her more polished but less battle-hardened protégé Jordan Bardella, at least not yet.
But it is a massive double gamble.
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