Marine Le Pen, France's far-right National Front political party leader, attends a voting session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, July 2, 2013. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
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.
A majority of her fellow parliamentarians backed the request by a court in Lyon, 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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