Request for the defence of parliamentary immunity of Tobias Pflüger

The European Parliament decided not to defend the immunity and privileges of Tobias Pflüger (a former German GUE/NGL Member).

Following the opinion of the Legal Affairs committee, Parliament considers that it already dealt with the same set of facts back in 2006. At the time, it decided, in an ad hoc resolution, to recommend the waiver of Tobias Pflüger's immunity, considering that the case fell under Article 10(1)(a) of the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of 1965, that his political activity was not negatively affected.

There is therefore no reason for Parliament to take a position on the same set of facts.

As a consequence, the European Parliament has decided not to defend the immunity and privileges of Tobias Pflüger.