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

France 24 reports that Marine Le Pen is set to give a high-stakes interview on French primetime television, following an appeals court ruling that found her guilty of orchestrating the embezzlement of European Union funds through her party, the National Rally. She has said she would not campaign while wearing an electronic tag, though France 24 notes she could still change her mind. The broadcaster's Catherine Norris-Trent weighs the political stakes, suggesting that any attempt by Le Pen to cast herself as the victim of judicial harassment would, in her words, be a political stretch.

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