European Parliament votes to lift Marine Le Pen’s immunity over graphic IS images

The European Parliamen's legal affairs committee voted on 2 March 2017 to lift Marine Le Pen's parliamentary immunity after she tweeted violent images of the Islamic State (IS) group. Legal action against her thus became possible.

Ms Le Pen and members of her party denounced the decision as a political witch hunt to destabilise her presidential campaign in France.

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The Independent, 02.03.17: EU Parliament votes to lift Marine Le Pen immunity over Isis tweets http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/eu-parliament-marine-le-pen-immunity-isis-tweets-fn-leader-mep-europe-a7607271.html

TIME, 02.03.17: Marine Le Pen Loses E.U. Parliamentary Immunity in ISIS Photo Probe http://time.com/4688241/marine-le-pen-parliamentary-immunity/

Euronews, 02.03.17: Marine Le Pen stripped of EU parliamentary immunity http://www.euronews.com/2017/03/02/marine-le-pen-stripped-of-eu-parliamentary-immunity

EurActiv, 01.03.17: EU lawmakers vote to strip Le Pen of immunity over graphic tweets http://www.euractiv.com/section/elections/news/eu-lawmakers-vote-to-strip-le-pen-of-immunity-over-graphic-tweets/

Deutsche Welle, 02.03.17: European Parliament strips Le Pen of immunity over 'Islamic State' tweets http://dw.com/p/2YVtU

The Guardian, 02.03.17: Marine Le Pen stripped of immunity by MEPs over Isis tweets https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/28/meps-say-marine-le-pen-can-be-prosecuted-over-violent-isis-images

France24, 01.03.17: Le Pen set to lose EU parliament immunity over gruesome IS group tweets http://www.france24.com/en/20170228-france-marine-le-pen-eu-parliament-immunity-islamic-state-group-tweets

The Local.fr, 02.03.17: EU parliament strips Le Pen of immunity over 'shameful' Isis tweets http://www.thelocal.fr/20170302/eu-parliament-strips-le-pen-of-immunity-over-shameful-isis-tweets

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