32. Request for the defence of parliamentary immunity

Viktor Uspaskich had sent the President of the European Parliament a request for a review of the decision of the European Parliament of 7 September 2010 to waive his parliamentary immunity, on account of developments in his case.

Under Rule 6(3), the request had been referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee.

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At its meeting on 20 June 2011, the Committee on Legal Affairs had discussed the letter from Mr Nigel Farage to the President of the European Parliament in which, citing Rule 6 of the Rules of Procedure, he complained about the handling of the issue of parliamentary immunities in Europe.

By 11 votes to 3, with 1 abstention, the Committee on Legal Affairs concluded that, as it did not pertain to a specific case of parliamentary immunity, Mr Farage's request was inadmissible.