Marine Le Pen
The European Parliament (EP) voted for the lifting of parliamentary immunity with his colleagues, the leader of French “National front” (NF) Marin Le Pen. About it reports Reuters.
The decision was made at the request of French law enforcement agencies conducting the investigation against Le Pen into the distribution of visual images that contain scenes of violence.
In December 2015, the national front leader has published in his microblog three pictures with scenes of executions, including the picture, which was captured the moment of the decapitation of American journalist James Foley by militants of the terrorist group “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia).
The presence of parliamentary immunity gave the possibility of Le Pen’s to avoid prosecution. If the court finds politician guilty, she could face up to three years in prison and a fine of up to 75 thousand euros.
Against Le Pen, is also currently under investigation on the fact of fictitious employment of her colleagues. We are talking about design as an assistant of an MEP as chief of staff NF Catherine Gzira and bodyguard Thierry Legge. They received a total of nearly 350 thousand euros. The EP demanded from Le Pen to return this sum, but the policies I refused to do it, calling the investigation into the machinations of political opponents.