Marine Le Pen branding as 'victim of judicial harassment' would be 'political stretch'

Summary

Marine Le Pen is set to give a crucial interview on French primetime television on July 7 following a sentence handed down by a court of appeal after she was found guilty of systemising the embezzlement of EU funds within her party, the National Rally. Although she has said she would not run with an electronic tag on, she could well change her mind. FRANCE 24's Catherine Norris-Trent looks at the implications of such a decision.