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A. whereas, by letter dated 16 July 2025, the Prosecutor General of Poland has transmitted a request from the DistrictRegional Public Prosecutor of Warsaw-Praga in Warsaw for the waiver of the immunity of Grzegorz Braun, Member of the European Parliament elected in Poland, in connection with several alleged offences that occurred in 2025;

D. whereas, according to the request, on 11 June 2025, in the main lobby of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland in Warsaw, Grzegorz Braun allegedly destroyed items belonging to someone else in the form of 10 coloured boards that made up an exhibition dedicated to LGBTQ+ people, causing a loss to the detriment of the Coalition Parliamentary Club of the Left (Koalicyjny Klub ParlamentarnegoParlamentarny Lewicy); whereas the alleged action constitutes an offence under Article 288(1) of the Polish Criminal Code;

H. 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, its Members are to enjoy, in the territory of their own State, the immunities accorded to members of the parliament of their parliament;Member State;

I. whereas, pursuant to Article 105(2) and (5) of the PolishConstitution Constitution,of the Republic of Poland, from the day the election results are announced until the day their mandate expires, a deputy cannot be subjected to criminal accountability without the consent of the Sejm, and can neither be detained nor arrested without the consent of the Sejm, except in cases where they have been apprehended while committing an offence and in which their detention is necessary to secure the proper course of proceedings;

K. whereas, in accordance with Rule 5(2) of its Rules of Procedure, parliamentary immunity is not a Member’s personal privilege of the Member but a guarantee of the independence of Parliament as a wholewhole, and of its Members;