French judges ask for Le Pen's parliamentary immunity to be lifted
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French judges investigating far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen's alleged misuse of European Union funds to pay for party assistants have asked for her European parliamentary immunity to be lifted, a judicial source said on Friday.
The latest twist in Le Pen's legal woes was revealed nine days before the first round of the French presidential election, in which opinion polls see her coming first or second and qualifying for a crucial second round in May.
The French judges' request, signed on March 29 and filed with the prosecutor's office and the justice ministry, is unlikely to be approved by European lawmakers before the election.
