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A. whereas, by letter dated 31 October 2025, the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Poland transmitted a request from the Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Police for the waiver of the immunity of Grzegorz Braun, Member of the European Parliament elected in Poland, in connection with alleged offences that occurred in 2025;

D. whereas Grzegorz Braun was elected to the European Parliament in the European elections of June 2024,2024 and thereforewas, wastherefore, a Member of the European Parliament at the time of the alleged offences;

F. 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 Member State, the immunities accorded to members of the parliament of their Member State;

G. 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;

I. 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 whole and of its Members;

J. whereas, in this case, Parliament has found no evidence of fumus persecutionis, that is to say factsit indicatingdoes not appear that the intention underlying the legal proceedings in question is to underminedamage Grzegorz Braun’s political activity as a Member of the European Parliament;Parliament and thus Parliament’s independence;