French prosecutors seek 5-year ban from public office for Le Pen in appeal trial

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Appeal hearing of French far-right RN leader Marine Le Pen and her co-defendants over misuse of EU funds at Paris court

PARIS, ​Feb 3 (Reuters) - French prosecutors on ⁠Tuesday requested a four-year prison ‍sentence and a ​five-year ban from public office for ​far-right leader Marine Le Pen in her appeal ‌trial over the ‌misuse of European ​Union funds.

They did not request ‌an immediate enforcement ⁠of the sentence.

(Reporting ‌by ​Dominique Vidalon and Elissa Darwish, ⁠Writing by ⁠Gianluca Lo Nostro, ​Editing by Benoit ‌Van Overstraeten)

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