2008/2147(IMM)

Request for defence of parliamentary immunity of Renato Brunetta

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2008/2147(IMM) Request for defence of parliamentary immunity of Renato Brunetta

Role	Committee	Rapporteur	Shadows
Lead	JURI	SAKALAS Aloyzas (PSE)

Lead committee dossier: JURI/6/64077
Legal Basis RoP 006

Subjects

8.40.01.03 Members' immunity

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Activites

2009/04/22 Text adopted by Parliament, single reading
- T6-0234/2009 summary
  
  The European Parliament decided by 652 votes to 7, with 11 abstentions, to defend the immunity and the privileges of Renato BRUNETTA (a former Italian MEP). He is pursued in Italy for allegations of slander. Following the opinion of the Legal Affairs Committee, the European Parliament considers that Renato Brunetta's immunity should be defended given that he was defending his opinions expressed in the performance of his duties as an MEP.
- Results of vote in Parliament
2009/04/01 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
- A6-0195/2009
2009/04/01 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
- A6-0195/2009
2009/03/31 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
- JURI JURI/6/64077 SAKALAS Aloyzas PSE
2009/03/11 Committee draft report
- PE421.356

Documents

Committee draft report: PE421.356
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A6-0195/2009
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A6-0195/2009
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T6-0234/2009
Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament

Votes

Report: SAKALAS A6-0195/2009 - decision

2009/04/22

Position	Total	ALDE	GUE/NGL	IND/DEM	NI	PPE-DE	PSE	UEN	Verts/ALE	correctional
For	652	82	31	8	18	250	188	34	41	1
Against	7	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	4
Abstain	11	3	1	2	1	2	0	1	0	0

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)

2012-02-09

activities	added	date 2009-03-11 docs type Committee draft report title PE421.356 body EP type Committee draft report date 2009-03-31 text The Committee on Legal Affairs adopted the report drawn up by Aloyzas SAKALAS (PES, LT) on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Renato BRUNETTA (a former Italian MEP). The committee believes that the immunity of Renato Brunetta should be defended, for the following reasons: At the sitting of 4 June, the President of Parliament announced that he had received a request for the defence of the parliamentary immunity of Renato Brunetta. The request relates to criminal proceedings brought by Giuseppe De Michelis Di Slonghello, a former Italian diplomat, against Mr. Brunetta and others, in response to material published in a book entitled "Le Mani rosse sull'Italia" [The Red Hands on Italy], which was sold with the daily newspaper "Libero" in August 2006. Renato Brunetta is the co-editor of the book in question. Mr De Michelis Di Slonghello complains that he is described in Chapter four of the book as being a former spy of the KGB according to the so-called "Mitrokhin Archive", which he claims is defamatory and injurious to his reputation. Mr Brunetta argues that there is a nexus between his political activity and his function of editor, and calls for the application of the first paragraph of Article 68(1) of the Italian Constitution, which provides that: "Members of Parliament cannot be held accountable for the opinions expressed or votes cast in the performance of their functions". Since the request for defence of immunity is made by a (former) member of the European Parliament, it should be construed as calling for the application of Article 9 of the Protocol. On the basis of the above considerations, the Committee on Legal Affairs, having examined the reasons for and against defending immunity, recommends that the immunity of Mr Renato Brunetta be defended. body EP committees body EP responsible True committee JURI date 2008-06-25 committee_full Legal Affairs rapporteur group PSE name SAKALAS Aloyzas type Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading date 2009-04-01 docs url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A6-2009-0195&language=EN type Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading title A6-0195/2009 body type Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading date 2009-04-01 docs url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A6-2009-0195&language=EN type Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading title A6-0195/2009 body EP type Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading date 2009-04-22 docs url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2009-0234 text The European Parliament decided by 652 votes to 7, with 11 abstentions, to defend the immunity and the privileges of Renato BRUNETTA (a former Italian MEP). He is pursued in Italy for allegations of slander. Following the opinion of the Legal Affairs Committee, the European Parliament considers that Renato Brunetta's immunity should be defended given that he was defending his opinions expressed in the performance of his duties as an MEP. type Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title T6-0234/2009 url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=17069&l=en type Results of vote in Parliament title Results of vote in Parliament body EP type Text adopted by Parliament, single reading
committees	added	body EP responsible True committee JURI date 2008-06-25 committee_full Legal Affairs rapporteur group PSE name SAKALAS Aloyzas
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procedure	added	dossier_of_the_committee JURI/6/64077 reference 2008/2147(IMM) title Request for defence of parliamentary immunity of Renato Brunetta legal_basis Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament EP 006 stage_reached Procedure completed subtype Waiver of immunity type IMM - Members' immunity subject 8.40.01.03 Members' immunity

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