Request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity of Elmar Brok

The European Parliament decided not to waive parliamentary immunity of Elmar BROK (EPP, DE).

The request for waiver involves a matter concerning the Member’s income tax declaration. Criminal charges have been brought which would, in the case of an ordinary citizen, have attracted merely administrative proceedings. It is therefore plain that the case is one of fumus persecutionis in that it appears that the proceedings were brought with the sole aim of damaging the reputation of the Member concerned.

Consequently, the European Parliament considers it completely inappropriate to waive the Member's immunity.