Marine Le Pen Stripped Of EU Parliament Immunity For Tweeting Pictures Of Islamic State Violence

Zero Hedge ^ | 03/02/17 | Tyler Durden

[Enlightened1]

Having recently joined her competitor Francois Fillon in facing the French legal system over possible embezzlement charges of her own, after her chief of staff and bodyguard were detained by police last week, the push to isolate and crack down on the anti-establishment presidential candidate moved to the European Parliament where EU lawmakers lifted Le Pen's EU parliamentary immunity on Thursday for tweeting pictures of Islamic State violence.

Le Pen is under investigation in France for posting three graphic images of Islamic State executions on Twitter in December 2015, including the beheading of American journalist James Foley. Le Pen's immunity shielded her from prosecution. By lifting it, just over a month before the first round of the French presidential election after a request from the French judiciary, the parliament is allowing any eventual legal action against her.

The vote on Thursday by a large show of hands in the plenary of the EU Parliament confirmed a preliminary decision taken on Tuesday by the legal affairs committee of the EU legislature. In the report underpinning parliament's decision, eurosceptic 5 Star Movement lawmaker Laura Ferrara said that although the images posted by Le Pen were easily accessible on several websites, "this does not alter the fact that their violent nature is likely to undermine human dignity".

Le Pen's move was seen as not appropriate for a member of the European Parliament, the report said. Ferrara also said that there was no reason to think Le Pen was being persecuted judicially because "the speed at which legal proceedings have been taken against Marine Le Pen is comparable to the pace of other proceedings in matters relating to the press and other media".

[marktwain]

I hope so. She is the least worst of the French candidates.

Way to socialistic for my taste, but way better than the alternatives.

[polymuser]

The EU does not want the true nature of Islam exposed.

Muzzies are their cheap labor + anti-Christian express.

[Joe Boucher]

Well, the E,U, can’t be showing folks the truth now can they?
Gots a whole bunch of moosie turds that still want in.

[hattend]

5 Star Movement lawmaker Laura Ferrara said that although the images posted by Le Pen were easily accessible on several websites, "this does not alter the fact that their violent nature is likely to undermine human dignity".

Radical Islam have no human dignity.

FU Laura!

[Hoffer Rand]

Right, the IMAGES undermine human dignity. Not the radical ideology behind the horrific actions depicted in the images, but the images themselves. Yeah, and it’s the knife’s fault those people were beheaded.