Despite a court reducing Marine Le Pen's ban from holding public office, making her eligible to run in France's 2027 presidential election, is remains uncertain if she will become her party's nominee, Holger Schmieding says in a note. The court upheld Le Pen's conviction for embezzling EU funds, saying she must wear a monitoring bracelet for a year--a condition under which she previously suggested she might not run. "We thus have to wait for her reaction to the verdict," Schmieding says, expecting news by 1800 GMT when Le Pen is scheduled to appear on TV. If she doesn't run, her protege Jordan Bardella would likely be the National Rally candidate, who is more popular with the public and holds a less hardline position against the EU, Schmieding adds.(don.forbes@wsj.com)
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Despite a court reducing Marine Le Pen's ban from holding public office, making her eligible to run in France's 2027 presidential election, is remains uncertain if she will become her party's nominee, Holger Schmieding says in a note. The court upheld Le Pen's conviction for embezzling EU funds, sa…