[Python] File downloaded from FTP with Python ftplib is encoded incorrectly

I'm retrieving a file from a NAS via FTP in two ways:

1. 
   with a .bat file where I have:
   
   a) ftp -s:C:\TEMP\runTheDownload.txt (The script calls the code from the txt)
   b) The .txt containing the following:
   
   open some.address.eu
   username
   password
   ascii
   
   quote "site SBDataconn=ANOTHER.ADD.RESS.HERE
   get 'THE.NAS.LOCATION.OF.THE.FILE' C:\TEMP\output.txt
2. 
   I have a Python code with above inputs where I use ftplib and the following code:
   
   with FTP(ftp_server) as ftp:
   ftp.login(ftp_user, ftp_password)
   print("Connected to FTP server.")
   
   # Set transfer mode to ASCII
   ftp.sendcmd("TYPE A")
   # print("Switched to ASCII mode.")
   
   # Execute the custom FTP command (quote)
   ftp.sendcmd('SITE SBDataconn=ANOTHER.ADD.RESS.HERE')
   print("Custom SITE command executed.")
   
   # Download the file
   with open(local_file, 'wb') as file_obj:
   # Write info to buffer
   ftp.retrbinary(
   f"RETR {remote_file}", file_obj.write)

When I look at the output.txt from the first approach it gives me perfectly fine data like 001, abc, 2013230..., the Python output however gives me encoded returns like:

\x7f\xf0\xf0\xf1\x7fk\x7f\xf0\xf0\xf0\xf0\xf1\xf0\xf2\xf4\xf9\x7fk\x7f\xf0\xf0\xf0\xf0\xf0\xf0\xf0\xf0\xf0\x7fk\x7fN\xf0\x7fk\x7f\xf0\xf4\x7fk\x7f\xf0\xf0\x7fk\x7f@@@@@@@@@@\x7fk\x7f\xd6\xd7\xc3\xe4\xe2\xc5\xd9@\x7fk\x7f\x81\xa4\xa3\x96\x94\x81\xa3\x89\xa2\x83\x88\x85@\xc5\x89\x95\xa2\xa3\xa4\x86\xa4\x95\x87@`@\xf1K\xf7K\xf2@@@@@@@@@
​

I'm wondering what I'm missing in my Python code to transform it nicely like it is being done with the .bat file.

I tried decoding it in different ways, but it never gave me back anything that looked remotely like the proper result. Best thing I got was with "ISO-8859-1" decoding which led to

\x7fððñ\x7fk\x7fððððñðòôù\x7fk\x7fððððððððð...
​

I'm grateful for any advice on what kind of decoding I would need to apply in Python to get the Same result as in the .bat file.

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