The odds appeared to be shifting against French far-right leader Marine Le Pen at her appeal trial over a conviction for embezzling European Union funds, after a prosecutor said he’d seek to keep election bans against several defendants in the case https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-03/le-pen-appeal-prosecutor-hints-at-blow-to-her-presidential-hopes?taid=698200ef9c5d9c0001fd589c&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_content=business&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter