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A. whereas, by letter dated 21 July 2025, the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Poland forwardedtransmitted a request from the Warsaw Regional Public Prosecutor’s Office for the waiver of the immunity of Daniel Obajtek, submittedMember byof the WarsawEuropean RegionalParliament Publicelected Prosecutor’sin Office,Poland, in connection with an alleged offence under Article 233(1) of the Polish Criminal Code, as well as Article 49 thereof, read in conjunction with Article 3 of the Press Act of 26 January 1984;

C. whereaswhereas, according to the request, Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN Spółka Akcyjna has a contract for the distribution of the weekly magazine ‘NIE’, published by the limited liability company URMA, at all points of sale at ORLEN petrol stations; whereas on 10 March 2023,2023 issue 10 of that magazine was distributed; whereas on 14 March 2023, in Warsaw, in his capacity as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN Spółka Akcyjna, Daniel Obajtek is reported to haveallegedly demanded – on the grounds that the cover of that week’s magazine displayed an image of Pope John Paul II holding a crucifix with a naked doll instead of Jesus,Jesus and that its reporting took a dim view of the measures taken by Pope John Paul II to address the sexual exploitation of minors by members of the clergy – that issue 10/2023 of ‘NIE’ magazine be urgently removed from the shelves of all outlets belonging to Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN Spółka Akcyjna and no longer sold, thereby restricting sales of the magazine which Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN Spółka Akcyjna had undertaken to distribute, an act that constitutes an offence under Article 49, read in conjunction with Article 3 of the Press Act of 26 January 1984;

D. whereas Daniel Obajtek was elected to the European Parliament in the European elections of June 2024 and waswas, therefore, not a Member of the European Parliament at the time of the alleged offences or when the criminal investigation was opened into them;

E. whereas the alleged offences do not constitute, and the subsequent request for the waiver of the immunity areof unrelatedDaniel toObajtek opinionsis not related to, an opinion expressed or votesvote cast by Daniel Obajtekhim 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;

J. whereas, in this case, Parliament has found no evidence of fumus persecutionis, that is to say factualit elementsdoes indicatingnot appear that the intention underlying the legal proceedings in question is to underminedamage Daniel Obajtek’s political activity as a Member of the European Parliament;Parliament and thus Parliament’s independence;