{"id":129906,"date":"2023-02-03T10:10:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T09:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/?p=129906"},"modified":"2023-02-03T10:10:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T09:10:56","slug":"parliament-waives-immunity-for-cozzolino-and-tarabella-meps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/parliament-waives-immunity-for-cozzolino-and-tarabella-meps\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliament waives immunity for Cozzolino and Tarabella MEPs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ep_gridcolumn ep-m_product\" data-view1200=\"6\" data-view1020=\"6\" data-view750=\"10\" data-view640=\"6\" data-view480=\"8\" data-view320=\"4\">\n<div class=\"ep_gridcolumn-content\">\n<div class=\"ep-a_text ep-layout_chapo\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">MEPs on Thursday backed the decision to waive the immunities of Andrea Cozzolino and Marc Tarabella, following requests by the Belgian authorities for\u00a0being involved in a bribery scheme in exchange for political influence in the European Parliament allegedly linked to Qatar and Morocco.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/marius-oprea-ySA9uj7zSmw-unsplash-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-129909\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/marius-oprea-ySA9uj7zSmw-unsplash-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"parlamento europeo\" width=\"687\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/marius-oprea-ySA9uj7zSmw-unsplash-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/marius-oprea-ySA9uj7zSmw-unsplash-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/marius-oprea-ySA9uj7zSmw-unsplash-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/marius-oprea-ySA9uj7zSmw-unsplash-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/marius-oprea-ySA9uj7zSmw-unsplash-1536x858.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/marius-oprea-ySA9uj7zSmw-unsplash-2048x1144.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ep_gridcolumn ep-m_product\" data-view1200=\"6\" data-view1020=\"6\" data-view750=\"10\" data-view640=\"6\" data-view480=\"8\" data-view320=\"4\">\n<div class=\"ep_gridcolumn-content\">\n<div class=\"ep-a_text\">\n<p class=\"ep-wysiwig_paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Endorsing a proposal adopted by the Legal Affairs Committee on Tuesday, MEPs decided yesterday to lift the immunity of Andrea Cozzolino (NA, IT) and Marc Tarabella (NA, BE) by show of hands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ep-wysiwig_paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once the decision is formally communicated to both MEPs and to the requesting authorities, the procedure which started in January is completed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ep-wysiwig_paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ep-wysiwig_paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">EP President Roberta Metsola announced the start of the procedure on 16 January\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/the-president.europarl.europa.eu\/home\/ep-newsroom\/pageContent-area\/actualites\/european-parliament-president-launches-procedure-for-two-waivers-of-immunity.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">after receiving requests by the competent authorities in Belgium<\/a>\u00a0as part of an inquiry by the Belgian Federal Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office. As established by the Parliament\u2019s Rules of Procedure (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/doceo\/document\/RULES-9-2023-01-18-RULE-006_EN.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rule 6<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/doceo\/document\/RULES-9-2023-01-18-RULE-009_EN.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rule 9<\/a>), the requests were sent to the Legal Affairs Committee, which adopted its recommendations on Tuesday 31 January. The draft reports by rapporteur\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/meps\/en\/197533\/MANON_AUBRY\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manon Aubry (The Left, FR)<\/a>\u00a0recommended waiving the immunity of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/doceo\/document\/A-9-2023-0016_EN.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MEP Cozzolino<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/doceo\/document\/A-9-2023-0017_EN.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MEP Tarabella<\/a>\u00a0so the investigation by the Belgian authorities can proceed.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 99.9988%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: double; border-color: #001f7d;\" cellpadding=\"0,5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/eva-kaili-no-longer-vice-president-of-the-european-parliament\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/eva-kaili-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"134\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/eva-kaili-no-longer-vice-president-of-the-european-parliament\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eva Kaili no longer Vice-President of the European Parliament<br \/>\n<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"ep-wysiwig_paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The consideration of each immunity case in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/committees\/en\/juri\/home\/highlights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Committee on Legal Affairs<\/a>\u00a0foresees an initial presentation by the rapporteur, an optional hearing with the MEP whose immunity is under discussion, an exchange of views, and a vote on a draft report prepared by the rapporteur. After this committee vote, the draft report is added to the agenda of the following plenary sitting, where MEPs make their decision by a simple majority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ep-wysiwig_paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Votes on other immunity cases<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ep-wysiwig_paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Parliament also voted on unrelated cases on the immunity of three MEPs. MEPs decided\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/doceo\/document\/A-9-2023-0011_EN.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not to waive the immunity<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/meps\/en\/72779\/NADINE_MORANO\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nadine Morano (EPP, FR)<\/a>\u00a0following the request by the French authorities related to defamation. Parliament also decided to side with the request of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/meps\/en\/197436\/HELMUT_GEUKING\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Helmut Geuking (EPP, DE)<\/a>\u00a0on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/doceo\/document\/A-9-2023-0013_EN.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defence of his privileges and immunities<\/a>\u00a0in connection with civil proceedings in Germany. Finally, MEPs took a decision\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/doceo\/document\/A-9-2023-0015_EN.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to waive the immunity<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/meps\/en\/124760\/NICOLAS_BAY\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nicolas Bay (NA, FR)<\/a>\u00a0following a request by the French authorities in connection with an investigation into criminal charges.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/news\/es\/press-room\/20230130IPR70211\/parliament-lifts-immunity-of-meps-cozzolino-and-tarabella\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Press release &#8211; European Parliament<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEPs on Thursday backed the decision to waive the immunities of Andrea Cozzolino and Marc Tarabella, following requests by the Belgian authorities for\u00a0being involved in a bribery scheme in exchange for political influence in the European Parliament allegedly linked to Qatar and Morocco. 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