Marine Le Pen, France's National Front political party leader, speaks during a news conference at the party's headquarters in Nanterre, near Paris, June 25, 2013. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - The leader of France's far-right National Front lost her right to legal immunity as a European Parliament deputy on Tuesday, exposing her to possible prosecution over a racism charge.
Marine Le Pen's loss of immunity came at the request of a Lyon court three years after she was accused of inciting racial hatred for comparing Muslim street prayers to the occupation of France by Nazi Germany.
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