What changed
Changes the date of the waiver request from 16 April to 6 May 2025 and clarifies the transmission by the Federal Public Service. #2 Adds "allegedly" to the description of the box rental, softening the claim about its purpose. #4 The other changes are formal or wording: updated punctuation, word order, and terminology. #1#3#5#6
2 changes of substance, plus 3 formaland5 wording-only. Each change below carries a one-line ✦ note from the same model. Written from the two texts only — read the highlighted passages before relying on it.
The changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations (“having regard to …”), standard resolution paragraphs and punctuation-only edits are left out — they are in “Show every difference”.
Change #2 Substance
Changes the date of the request from 16 April to 6 May 2025 and clarifies that the Federal Public Service transmitted the request from the Federal Prosecutor.
A. whereas on 166 AprilMay 2025,2025 the Belgian Federal ProsecutorPublic issuedService for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation transmitted a request from the Federal Prosecutor, dated 16 April 2025, for the waiver of the immunity of Nikola Minchev, a Member of the European Parliament elected in Bulgaria, in connection with criminal proceedings to be instituted against him;
Change #4 Substance
Adds "allegedly" before "for the purpose" in the description of the box rental, softening the claim.
C. whereas, according to the request for the waiver of immunity, on 24 October 2024 Nikola Minchev attended a football match at a stadium in Brussels, together with his accredited parliamentary assistant, two Huawei representatives and another person; whereas, according to the request, they were present in a box rented at a cost of EUR 45 000 per season by Huawei, allegedly through an intermediary company allegedly for the purpose of facilitating contact with certain Members of the European Parliament; whereas the defrayal of the costs incurred in attending the football match – the exact amount of which was unknown to the authority requesting the waiver of immunity – does not appear to have been declared by Nikola Minchev to the European Parliament; whereas, according to the additional information provided by the Belgian Federal Prosecutor, on 16 July 2024 Nikola Minchev also attended a dinner, together with a Huawei executive, that had been organised by one of the two Huawei representatives;