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REPORT (2024/2044(IMM))

Request for the waiver of the immunity of Michał Dworczyk

A-10-2025-0178

Committee on Legal Affairs · Rapporteur: David Cormand

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The Committee on Legal Affairs proposes that Parliament waive the immunity of Michał Dworczyk, a Member of the European Parliament, to allow criminal proceedings against him in Poland.

Committee position. The Committee on Legal Affairs proposes to waive the immunity of Michał Dworczyk.

Key points

  1. The request was made by the Prosecutor General of Poland on 29 August 2024, and Parliament heard Dworczyk on 13 February 2025.
  2. Dworczyk is alleged to have exceeded his powers as Head of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister by using a private email account for official duties, deleting official emails, and possessing classified documents, harming the public interest and obstructing an investigation.
  3. He is also alleged to have obstructed criminal proceedings by instructing a third person to delete information from his private email account between 8 and 22 June 2021.
  4. The alleged offences are not related to his duties as an MEP, and Parliament found no evidence of fumus persecutionis.
  5. Parliament decides to waive his immunity and forward the decision to the Polish authorities and to Dworczyk.

Who is affected

  • Michał Dworczyk, Member of the European Parliament, faces criminal proceedings in Poland.
  • The Polish authorities, including the Warsaw divisional public prosecution service, may proceed with the case.

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 105(2) and (5) of the Polish Constitution