# Explainer 525: You can’t keep a Le Pen down

An episode of [The Foreign Desk](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/786319916), 8 Jul 2026, 7:39.

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Far-right French firebrand Marine Le Pen’s sentence for embezzlement was reduced this week, allowing her to stand in next year’s presidential election. But will the conviction hinder or help her campaign? Andrew Mueller explains. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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