New Delhi, July 4 -- French far-right leader Marine Le Pen says she won't run for president next year if a Paris appeals court orders her to wear an electronic bracelet over alleged misuse of European Union funds.

The appeals court will deliver its key verdict on Tuesday.

Le Pen, 57, has challenged a March 2025 ruling that found her and other members of her National Rally party guilty of misusing EU Parliament funds in the hiring of aides from 2004 to 2016 who allegedly worked for the party instead of doing parliamentary tasks.

If convicted again, she could be sentenced to a ban from elected office or have to wear an electronic tag - or both - among other options.

"If I can be a candidate, I will be a candidate, provided that I am abl...