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P10_TA(2026)0027

PROPOSAL FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION

Request for the waiver of the immunity of Petr Bystron

on the request for the waiver of the immunity of Petr Bystron

Committee on Legal Affairs

(2025/2077(IMM))

PE781.254

European Parliament decision of 10 February 2026 on the request for the waiver of the immunity of Petr Bystron (2025/2077(IMM))

– having regard to the request for the waiver of the immunity of Petr Bystron, received by letter dated 24 October 2024 from the German Federal Ministry of Justice, transmitting a request from the Chief Public Prosecutor in Munich in connection with criminal proceedings brought against Petr Bystron, and announced in plenary on 3 April 2025,

– having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A10-0009/2026),

A. whereas the German Federal Ministry of Justice has transmitted a request from the Chief Public Prosecutor in Munich for the waiver of the immunity of Petr Bystron, Member of the European Parliament,Parliament elected in Germany, in connection with alleged acts which may amount to fraud under Section 263(1) of the German Criminal Code, regarding an alleged false declaration in connection to the disbursement of a flat-rate allowance;

B. whereas, according to the request, Petr Bystron was a member of the German Bundestag from 2017 to July 2024; whereas in his capacity as a member of the German Bundestag, he was entitled, under Section 12(3) of the Members of the Bundestag Act (AbgG), to a flat-rate allowance covering, inter alia, the employment of staff; whereas, on 10 November 2021, Petr Bystron signed an employment contract to engage a staff member as a ‘clerical officer/typist’ in his constituency office in Munich; whereas it is alleged that by submitting the employment contract to the Bundestag administration, Petr Bystron expressly declared that thisthat staff member would be working as a clerical officer/typist in his constituency office; whereas the request indicates that, in fact, that staff member did not work as a clerical officer/typist; whereas it is alleged that because of the incorrect information in the employment contract, the Bundestag administration assumed, wrongly, that the conditions under Section 12(3) AbgG for disbursement of the flat-rate allowance had been met and therefore gave instructions for salary payments to be made to the staff member (approximately EUR 14 850 in total); whereas, according to the request, those circumstances were known to Petr Bystron and he is thus suspected of intentionally making a false declaration;

C. whereas Petr Bystron was elected to the European Parliament in the European elections of June 2024 and was not a Member of the European Parliament at the time of the alleged offence;

D. whereas the alleged offence does not constitute, and the subsequent request for the waiver of the immunity of Petr Bystron is not related to, an opinion expressed or a vote cast by him in the performance of his duties within the meaning of Article 8 of Protocol No 7 on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Union;

E. whereas Article 9, first paragraph, point (a), of Protocol No 7 on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Union provides that, during the sessions of the European Parliament, Members of the European Parliament are to enjoy, in the territory of their own state, the immunities accorded to members of the parliament of their parliament;Member State;

F. whereas Article 46(2), (3) and (4) of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany provides that:

2. Instructs its President to forward this decision and the report of its committee responsible immediately to the competent authority of the Federal Republic of Germany and to Petr Bystron.

INFORMATION ON ADOPTION IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

Date adopted

28.1.2026

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