Request for the waiver of the immunity of Czesław Adam Siekierski

The European Parliament decided to waive the immunity of Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI (EPP, PL).

Parliament recalled that the Prosecutor-General of Poland forwarded to the President of Parliament a request made by the Polish General Inspectorate of Road Traffic to grant authorisation to take legal action against a Member of the European Parliament, Czesław Adam Siekierski, in connection with a speeding offence.

From the circumstances of the case it appears that the alleged offence and the ensuing prosecution clearly have nothing to do with the position of Mr Siekierski as a Member of the European Parliament and there is no evidence of fumus persecutionis (a sufficiently serious and precise suspicion that the matter is being brought before a court with the intention of causing political damage to the Member concerned).

Therefore, Parliament decided to waive the parliamentary immunity of Czesław Adam Siekierski.