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2023/2090(IMM) Parliamentary immunity First reading

Request for the waiver of the immunity of Andris Ameriks

A request to waive or defend a Member’s immunity from legal proceedings.

Where it stands: Decided on 11 April 2024.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 8 April 2024
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 9 April 2024
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 11 April 2024
  5. ✓ Parliament’s position Final
How a file moves through Parliament

A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. The adopted resolution is Parliament’s final position; it is not itself law.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
JURI — Legal Affairs
Rapporteur
MEP #124738 ID

The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.

The text, version by version

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA9-0225/2024 11 April 2024 ✦ Parliament decided not to waive the immunity of Andris Ameriks, a Member elected in Latvia, in response to a request from the Riga Public Prosecutor's Office to allow criminal proceedings over an alleged bribe.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0169/2024 9 April 2024 ✦ Parliament's decision on a request from Latvia's Prosecutor General to waive the immunity of Member Andris Ameriks so criminal proceedings could start. Parliament decides not to waive his immunity, finding serious doubts about the evidence and the procedure and signs of fumus persecutionis.

Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.

Timeline

  1. Plenary stage
  2. 11 April 2024 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 11 April 2024 📄 Report A9-0169/2024📄 Adopted text TA9-0225/2024
    Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 410 Against 182 Abstained 10

    Final vote · 68% of votes cast in favour

  3. 9 April 2024 Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    📄 Report A9-0169/2024
  4. Committee stage
  5. 8 April 2024 Committee vote: report adopted

    JURI (Legal Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.