--- description: French politician Marine Le Pen expressed indignation at a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation after she tweeted photos of ISIS atrocities title: France's Marine Le Pen Ordered to Undergo Psychiatric Tests image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta4ea42d0efd2e0b2/69893ac80a4a22e4bc9d3c25/gettyimages-965620270.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [France](/tag/france/) ## France Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # France's Marine Le Pen Ordered to Undergo Psychiatric Tests Over Graphic Tweets ## Video: TIME Interviews Emmanuel Macron, President of France [Watch (HLS stream): TIME Interviews Emmanuel Macron, President of France](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/7l8KgeJu.m3u8) (5:57)  _Published 2017-11-09. The newly elected president of France give TIME an exclusive interview._ by [Eli Meixler](/author/eli/) ## Eli Meixler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 21, 2018 2:09 AM CUT  Head of a French far-right party Marine Le Pen speaks as the party members backed changing the name of per party, the National Front, to Rassemblement National (Union, or Rally) in Bron, France on June 1, 2018. Head of a French far-right party Marine Le Pen speaks as the party members backed changing the name of per party, the National Front, to Rassemblement National (Union, or Rally) in Bron, France on June 1, 2018.Nicolas Liponne—NurPhoto/Getty Images by [Eli Meixler](/author/eli/) ## Eli Meixler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 21, 2018 2:09 AM CUT French far-right politician Marine Le Pen expressed indignation Thursday over a court-ordered [psychiatric evaluation](https://www.afp.com/en/news/205/frances-le-pen-ordered-undergo-psychiatric-tests-over-tweets-doc-19a0mf3 "undefined") in response to photos she tweeted of violent acts committed by the Islamic State. Le Pen tweeted [copies of the court order](https://twitter.com/MLP%5Fofficiel/status/1042702901783785472 "undefined"), which was issued last week instructing her to undertake testing “as soon as possible,” Agence France-Presse reports. Le Pen called the directive “crazy.” “I thought I had been through it all: well, no! For having condemned Daesh \[ISIS\] horrors in tweets, the ‘justice system’ is putting me through psychiatric tests! Just how far will they go?” she [tweeted](https://twitter.com/MLP%5Fofficiel/status/1042684362364473349 "undefined"), according to AFP. Le Pen had shared the shocking images in December 2015, a few weeks after [ISIS-aligned militants](http://time.com/4112639/paris-attack-terror-bataclan-hollande/ "undefined") launched coordinated attacks that killed 130 people around Paris, including at the Bataclan concert hall. Then-French President François Hollande called the attacks “an act of war.” **Read more**: [_Paris Attack: Time Magazine Reporting_](http://time.com/paris-attack/ "undefined") Le Pen was stripped of parliamentary immunity over the graphic tweets, which included images of executed [American journalist James Foley](http://time.com/3145747/james-foley-isis-iraq-steven-sotloff/ "undefined"), and charged with disseminating violent images that could be viewed by a minor. She faces up to three years in prison and a fine of $87,000 if convicted. Le Pen insisted that she would not comply with the court-ordered evaluation, which is not enforceable, according to AFP. She also received support from other far-right figures, including Steve Bannon and Italian Interior Minister [Matteo Salvini](http://time.com/5394448/matteo-salvini/ "undefined"), who expressed “solidarity with her and those French people who love liberty.” **Read more:** [_Behind the Power of Marine Le Pen_](http://time.com/4703325/the-power-of-le-pen/ "undefined") Le Pen, who leads France’s far-right National Rally party, [lost](http://time.com/4769931/emmanuel-macron-wins-french-election/ "undefined") to Emmanuel Macon in last year’s [presidential vote](http://time.com/4769905/emmanuel-marcon-marine-le-pen-france/ "undefined"). Her party was founded by her father, [Jean-Marie Le Pen](http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1597223,00.html "undefined"), who has been accused of espousing anti-Semitic and anti-immigrant sentiments. He was [suspended](http://time.com/3846504/jean-marie-le-pen-national-front-france-holocaust-suspension/ "undefined") from the party in 2015. In Dec. 2015, Marine Le Pen was also charged with “[inciting discrimination](http://time.com/4045803/marine-le-pen-muslims-nazis-trial/ "undefined")” after comparing Muslim public prayers to Nazi wartime occupation of Europe. 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