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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...

The HAGUE-PVV leader Geert Wilders calls it "a scandal" that the immunity of French politician Marine Le Pen in the European Parliament (EP) is lifted, he said Thursday to the ANP. "Spreading the truth can now be prosecuted. Madness," said Wilders. Against Le Pen in France runs an investigation, because she posted in 2015 three shocking photos of atrocities of Islamic State (IS) via Twitter. There is impunity as an MEP, but publication of this kind of material is punishable in France. Now her immunity is lifted, the French public prosecutor can prosecute her. (translated from Dutch)

<p>CNN)Marine Le Pen's bid to become the next French president has hit another stumble after members of the European Parliament voted to lift her immunity from prosecution.</p> <p>The move, formally confirmed Thursday, will allow French prosecutors to investigate Le Pen over tweets she sent in December 2015 that showed images of killings by ISIS militants.</p>