PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors will seek to ban far-right leader Marine Le Pen and officials from her National Rally party from holding office, putting her 2027 presidential bid at stake. Le Pen, 57, is seeking to overturn a March 2025 ruling that found her guilty of misusing European Parliament funds in the hiring of aides from 2004 to 2016. During the crucial appeal trial that started last month, Le Pen acknowledged some people performed work for her party, then known as the National Front, while being paid as EU parliamentary aides, calling it “a mistake.” One of the prosecutors, Thierry Ramonatxo, said Tuesday the alleged misappropriation of public funds represents “a very serious breach of probity” that gave the party “a concrete advantage in the form of substantial savings made at the expense of the European Parliament.” Ramonatxo said prosecutors would request a key Paris appeals court to find party officials guilty and ask for a ban on elected office.