REPORT (2025/2100(IMM))
On the request for the waiver of the immunity of Nikola Minchev
A-10-2026-0155
Committee on Legal Affairs · Rapporteur: Ilhan Kyuchyuk
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Parliament decided not to waive the immunity of Nikola Minchev, a Member elected in Bulgaria, in connection with Belgian criminal proceedings over alleged corruption involving Huawei.¶ The request lacked concrete elements and left considerable uncertainty, which could indicate fumus persecutionis.¶¶
Committee position. The Committee on Legal Affairs proposes that Parliament decide not to waive the immunity of Nikola Minchev.¶
Key points
- The Belgian Federal Prosecutor requested a waiver of immunity on 16 April 2025 for criminal proceedings against Nikola Minchev.¶
- The investigation concerns an alleged criminal organisation linked to Huawei aiming to corrupt Members of the European Parliament from 2021 to 2024.¶
- Minchev allegedly attended a football match on 24 October 2024 in a box rented by Huawei for EUR 45 000 per season, and a dinner on 16 July 2024 with a Huawei executive.¶
- The alleged offence could amount to passive public bribery under Article 246(1) of the Belgian Criminal Code.¶
- The alleged offence does not relate to opinions or votes in parliamentary duties under Article 8 of Protocol No 7.¶
- The request and additional information left considerable uncertainty, preventing an informed decision and indicating possible fumus persecutionis.¶¶
- Parliament decided not to waive immunity and to forward the decision to the Belgian authorities and Minchev.¶¶