Marine warfare: Le Pen runs for president

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  The Economist

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  Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

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  I'm Rosie Blau.

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  Today on the show, the world's first sanctuary for captive whales.

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  And our journey down Route 66 takes us into its commercial history.

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  First up, though,

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  Et donc vous êtes ce soir, vous dites que vous êtes candidate à l'élection présidentielle.

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  Donc ce soir, je suis candidate à l'élection présidentielle.

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  Last night, Marine Le Pen, leader of the populist right National Rally party,

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  said she will run in France's presidential election next year.

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  Back in 2025, it looked like Le Pen's political career might be over.

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  She was convicted of misusing European Parliament funds for her party

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  and banned from running for elected office for five years.

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  Yesterday, a court of appeal in Paris upheld Le Pen's conviction,

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  but crucially, it lightened her sentence, freeing her to run.

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  The vote in April 2027 may be nine months away,

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  but the presidential campaign has now started.

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  Le Pen's decision to run ends 15 months of uncertainty for her party,

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  the National Rally.

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  Sophie Pedder is our Paris bureau chief.

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