Marine Le Pen is under investigation in France for posting three images of ISIS killings in 2015 | Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/AFP via Getty Images MEPs vote to lift Marine Le Pen’s immunity Vote applies to tweets of ISIS violence, not to her alleged misuse of EU cash.

Members of the European Parliament on Thursday voted to lift the immunity of Marine Le Pen over pictures she tweeted of Islamic State violence.

Le Pen is under investigation in France for posting three images of ISIS killings in 2015, including the beheading of American journalist James Foley. But she was protected from prosecution as she is a member of the European Parliament.

A large majority of MEPs backed a report by Laura Ferrera of Italy's 5Star Movement which called for Le Pen’s immunity to be waved because she posted “violent images showing the murder of three hostages by the terrorist group Daesh, together with the comment ‘This is Daesh.'"

French Justice Minister Jean-Jacques Urvoas had sent the Parliament a request to lift Le Pen’s immunity in October 2016.

However, her immunity will be lifted only in relation to the Twitter investigation, not over her alleged misuse of EU funds. Le Pen is accused of using EU cash to pay for her chief of staff, Catherine Griset, and her bodyguard, Thierry Légier, to carry out non-parliamentary work.

Last month, Griset was arrested and placed under formal investigation in the case.

The assembly has demanded that Le Pen pay back €339,000.