Is this the best chance yet for France's far-right National Rally to take power? | Inside Story

A French court ruling allows the leader of the far-right National Rally to run for president next April. It reduced and suspended Marine Le Pen's prison sentence and ban on seeking public office, while upholding her conviction over a European Parliament jobs scam. She will have to wear an electronic monitor for a year while on house arrest. Le Pen has said it will prevent her from campaigning and plans to challenge the decision in France's highest court. But she is leading in opinion polls. Will her candidacy take her all the way to the Elysee Palace? Or will voters wary of Le Pen's nationalist, anti-migrant policies unite around a common rival, as they have in the past?

Presenter: Tom McRae

Guests:

Bruno Cautres - Professor at the Centre for Political Research at Sciences Po

Rim-Sarah Alouane - Legal scholar specialising in civil liberties and constitutional law

Victor Mallet - Senior Editor at The Financial Times and former Paris Bureau Chief. He also wrote the book 'Far-Right France: Le Pen, Bardella and the Future of Europe'.

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