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Request for the waiver of the immunity of Grzegorz Braun

TA-10-2026-0274 · P10_TA(2026)0274 · PE791.074

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Parliament's decision waives the immunity of Grzegorz Braun, a Member elected in Poland, at the request of the Polish Prosecutor General. The request concerns alleged statements made at a public debate in Warsaw on 27 September 2025.

Key points

  1. Parliament decides to waive the immunity of Grzegorz Braun.
  2. The request came by letter dated 25 February 2026 from the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Poland, acting on a request from the Prosecutor at the Kraków Branch of the Institute of National Remembrance.
  3. The request concerns alleged offences in 2025: that on 27 September 2025, during a public debate in Warsaw broadcast live and streamed online, Braun allegedly denied, in public and contrary to the facts, genocide crimes committed between 1941 and 1944 at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp.
  4. According to the request, the alleged act falls under Article 55 of the Act of 18 December 1998 on the Institute of National Remembrance.
  5. Parliament finds the alleged offence is not an opinion expressed or a vote cast in the performance of his duties under Article 8 of Protocol No 7.
  6. Parliament finds no evidence of fumus persecutionis, meaning no sign that the proceedings aim to damage Braun's political activity as a Member and so Parliament's independence.
  7. Parliament states it cannot act as a court and that a Member cannot be regarded as a defendant in a waiver of immunity procedure.
  8. Braun was elected in the June 2024 European elections and was a Member at the time of the alleged offence.
  9. Under Article 105(2) and (5) of the Polish Constitution, a deputy is not subject to criminal accountability without the consent of the Sejm.

Who is affected

  • Grzegorz Braun, Member of the European Parliament elected in Poland: his immunity is waived, allowing the criminal proceedings to go ahead.
  • The competent authority of the Republic of Poland: it is to receive the decision immediately.

Figures and deadlines

  • 25 February 2026: date of the Prosecutor General's letter transmitting the request.
  • 27 September 2025: date of the public debate in Warsaw where the alleged offence took place.
  • 1941 to 1944: period of the genocide crimes referred to in the request.
  • June 2024: European elections in which Braun was elected.
  • Article 55: provision of the Act of 18 December 1998 under which the alleged act is an offence.