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Request for waiver of the immunity of Georgios Kyrtsos

TA-9-2024-0055 · P9_TA(2024)0055 · PE756.043

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Parliament decided to waive the immunity of Georgios Kyrtsos, a Member elected for Greece, at the request of the Public Prosecutor at the Athens Court of First Instance. The request concerns criminal proceedings over non-payment of an amount owed to the Greek State, an offence Kyrtsos is accused of as deputy managing director of KMP Publishing plc. Parliament found the alleged offence has no direct link to his duties as a Member and is not an opinion or vote, and found no evidence of fumus persecutionis. Kyrtsos stated at his hearing that he did not object to his immunity being waived.

Key points

  1. Parliament decides to waive the immunity of Georgios Kyrtsos.
  2. The request came from the Public Prosecutor at the Athens Court of First Instance, transmitted by the Deputy Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Greece by letter dated 27 June 2023.
  3. The proceedings concern non-payment of an amount owed to the Greek State.
  4. Kyrtsos is accused in his capacity as deputy managing director of KMP Ekdotiki Anonimi Etaireia (KMP Publishing plc) of failing to pay an amount owed to the Greek State.
  5. The alleged offence is non-payment of debts to the State under Greek Law No 1882/90 and amending laws.
  6. Parliament finds the alleged offence has no direct link to Kyrtsos's activities as a Member and relates instead to his position as manager of his newspaper company.
  7. Parliament finds the alleged offence is not an opinion expressed or vote cast in the performance of his duties as a Member.
  8. Parliament finds no evidence of fumus persecutionis.
  9. Kyrtsos stated at his hearing that he did not object to his parliamentary immunity being waived.
  10. Parliament instructs its President to forward the decision and the committee report to the Greek authorities and to Georgios Kyrtsos.

Who is affected

  • Georgios Kyrtsos, Member of the European Parliament elected for Greece: his immunity is waived.
  • The Greek authorities: they receive the decision and the committee report.

Figures and deadlines

  • 27 June 2023: date of the letter transmitting the request.
  • 10 July 2023: date the request was announced in plenary.

Legal basis: Articles 8 and 9 of Protocol No 7 on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Union, and Article 6(2) of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage.