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From · plenary report· 24 Mar 2026

A-10-2026-0077

on the request for the waiver of the immunity of Nikos Pappas

To · adopted text· 26 Mar 2026

TA-10-2026-0089

Request for the waiver of the immunity of Nikos Pappas

AI:What changed, in short

The versions differ only in formal and wording changes: punctuation, phrasing, and references are updated.1234

0 changes of substance · 3 formal · 3 of wording only

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Changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations and punctuation-only edits are left out; they are under “Every difference”.

Changes of substance · 0

None: the changes are formal or of wording only.

3 formal changes: legal basis, citations, references, corrections

Change 1 Formal

AI summary:Updates punctuation after the date in the hearing reference.

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Changed:– having heard Nikos Pappas on 28 January 20262026, in accordance with Rule 9(6) of its Rules of Procedure,

Change 2 Formal

AI summary:Adds the date of the prosecutor's letter and rephrases the description of the request and the offences.

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Changed:A. whereaswhereas, by letter dated 10 September 2025, the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Supreme Court of the Hellenic Republic has transmitted a request from the Prosecutor at the Athens Court of First Instance for the waiver of the immunity of Nikos Pappas, Member of the European Parliament,Parliament elected in the Hellenic Republic, in connection with alleged acts of defamation and insult, constituting offences under Article 26a, Article 27(1), Article 361(1) and Article 363 of the Greek Criminal Code – criminal acts amounting to a misdemeanour;

Change 6 Formal

AI summary:Changes punctuation and word order in the sentence about the court role.

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Changed:J. whereas Parliament cannot assume the role of a court, andcourt whereas,and, in a waiver of immunity procedure, a Member cannot be regarded as a defendant;

3 changes of wording only

Change 3 Wording

AI summary:Replaces 'their parliament' with 'the parliament of their Member State'.

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Changed:E. whereas Article 9, first paragraph, point (a), of Protocol No 7 on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Union provides that, during the sessions of the European Parliament, Members of the European Parliament are to enjoy, in the territory of their own state, the immunities accorded to members of the parliament of their parliament;Member State;

Change 4 Wording

AI summary:Moves 'of a Member' to before 'personal privilege' and rephrases slightly.

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Changed:H. whereas, in accordance with Rule 5(2) of the Rules of Procedure, parliamentary immunity is not a Member’s personal privilege of a Member but a guarantee of the independence of Parliament as a whole, and of its Members;

Change 5 Wording

AI summary:Replaces 'which' with 'that' and removes 'in his capacity'.

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Changed:I. whereas, in this case, Parliament found no evidence of fumus persecutionis, whichthat is to say factual elements indicating that the intention underlying the legal proceedings in question is to undermine the Member’s political activity in his capacity as a Member of the European Parliament;