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REPORT (2024/2089(IMM))

On the request for waiver of the immunity of Petras Gražulis

A-10-2025-0078

Committee on Legal Affairs · Rapporteur: Pascale Piera

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Parliament decides to waive the immunity of Petras Gražulis, a Member of the European Parliament, in connection with criminal proceedings in Lithuania over alleged remarks ridiculing a group on grounds of sexual orientation.

Committee position. The Committee on Legal Affairs proposes to waive the immunity of Petras Gražulis.

Key points

  1. The request was made by the Prosecutor General of Lithuania on 16 September 2024 and concerns an alleged offence under Article 170(2) of the Criminal Code.
  2. The alleged offence occurred on 26 May 2022 in the Seimas corridors, when Gražulis was a member of the Seimas, not an MEP.
  3. The offence is not related to his duties as an MEP under Article 8 of Protocol No 7.
  4. Under Lithuanian law, a Seimas member's immunity can be waived with Seimas consent, which was given on 16 November 2023.
  5. Parliament found no evidence of fumus persecutionis, i.e., intent to damage his political activity.
  6. Parliament cannot act as a court and does not regard the Member as a defendant in this procedure.

Who is affected

  • Petras Gražulis, Member of the European Parliament, whose immunity is waived, allowing criminal proceedings to continue.
  • Competent authorities of the Republic of Lithuania, which will receive the decision and report.

Legal basis: Articles 8 and 9 of Protocol No 7 on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Union, Article 6(2) of the Act of 20 September 1976, Article 62 of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania