Eurosphere roundup: “Marine Le Pen loses immunity as MEP in racism case…

Marine Le Pen loses immunity as MEP in racism case (News)

Members of the European Parliament have revoked the parliamentary immunity of Marine Le Pen, the fiery leader of France?s far-right National Front, paving the way for her to face charges in her country for inciting racial hatred.

 

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1 thought on “Eurosphere roundup: “Marine Le Pen loses immunity as MEP in racism case…”

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    James Colin
    1:30 AM

    not in racism case. She spoke against illegal occupation of public streets for praying by muslims and the lack of action from governments.?

    James Colin
    9:48 AM1

    You’re welcome, but one clarification in front of hundreds of misinformation articles isn’t doing anything..
    But if you dig into it, especially looking at cases in which immunity as MEP wasn’t revoked you’ll be amazed..
    You know all this is doing her a favour anyway because she risks absolutely nothing in this court case, prompted by a pro-sharia organisation in france. And the thing will drag on for months or years and at the end she’ll be cleaned of all charges.
    This stunt by the EU is just to generate bad press for her and so that in one year they can keep on saying “le pen has been in a racism case for which we revoked her immunity”..

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