EU seeks to help prosecute Marine Le Pen for… Tweeting

Hot Air ^ | 3 Mar 2017 | JAZZ SHAW

[mandaladon]

Clearly French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is making all the right enemies in high places. The established political class in France clearly despises her but the European Union is now getting in on the act, no doubt because of her less than favorable opinions of the continental organization. In one of the stranger stories to come out of the French election cycle, the EU has moved to suspend Le Pen’s standard immunity from prosecution over images which she posted on her Twitter account. If that sounds to you like something out of a George Orwell novel, fasten your seat belts because it gets even more strange. (Washington Post)

On Thursday, the European Parliament voted to lift Marine Le Pen’s immunity from prosecution for tweeting violent images, a crime that in France can carry up to three years in prison.

As Le Pen, the leader of France’s far-right National Front party, rises in the polls ahead of France’s presidential election next month, authorities will now be able to pursue a case against her. Speaking on French television Thursday morning, she was quick to condemn her European colleagues for what she called “a political inquiry.”

Apparently in France the phrase “political inquiry” is the European equivalent to what we in the United States would call “an obvious witch hunt.”

This question of immunity is the first one to sort out because the entire concept will no doubt sound like something from an alien planet to most Americans. The European Union Parliament provides immunity to its members in matters of free speech so that they will be free to express their opinions in public debate.

[mandaladon]

The horrible, dangerous activity which Le Pen engaged in was the tweeting of an “image of violence” last year. The picture in question was one of James Foley, the journalist who was beheaded by ISIS. Such images are no doubt disturbing to some people, in this case the Foley family in particular. After a complaint was raised by relatives, Le Pen apologized and deleted the tweet but the damage had already been done.~~~~~~~~~~~What are they afraid of?

[The Toll]

They are afraid of facing their certain future.

[Redmen4ever]

prosecuting tweeting: Today Europe. Tomorrow the World.

First they went after the street preachers and I said nothing as I wasn’t a street preacher.

Then, they went after the college students who refuse to be politically-correct and I said nothing as I’m not a college student.

Then, they went after the tweeters and I said nothing as I don’t tweet.

Then, they went after me and there was nobody to say anything.

[Buckeye McFrog]

They’re trying to come up with a rationale to do this to Trump. Mark my words.

[KarlInOhio]

As Jack Nicholson said “EU can’t handle the truth!”

[PLMerite]

#J’AccuseTweet!!

[painter]

If EU keeps pulling this kind of Crap, Le Pen will probably win a huge Landslide !

[fella]

What else could you expect from Unelected Dictators?