Changes between two versions
What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text
From · plenary report· 5 Jun 2026
on the request for the waiver of the immunity of Daniel Attard
To · adopted text· 16 Jun 2026
Request for the waiver of the immunity of Daniel Attard
AI:What changed, in short
Changes the date of the waiver request from 16 April to 6 May 2025 and clarifies the transmission by the Federal Public Service.2 Adds "allegedly" to the description of the box rental purpose, emphasizing the alleged nature.4 The other changes are formal or wording: punctuation, word order, and terminology adjustments.1356
2 changes of substance · 3 formal · 5 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 · 2
Change 2 Substance
AI summary:Changes the date of the request from 16 April to 6 May 2025 and clarifies that the Federal Public Service transmitted the request from the Federal Prosecutor.
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Changed:A. whereas on 166 AprilMay 2025,2025 the Belgian Federal ProsecutorPublic issuedService for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation transmitted a request from the Federal Prosecutor, dated 16 April 2025, for the waiver of the immunity of Daniel Attard, a Member of the European Parliament elected in Malta, in connection with criminal proceedings to be instituted against him;
Change 4 Substance
AI summary:Adds "allegedly" before "for the purpose" to emphasize the alleged nature of the box rental purpose.
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Changed:C. whereas, according to the request for the waiver of immunity, on 25 September 2024 Daniel Attard attended a football match at a stadium in Brussels, together with his accredited parliamentary assistant, a Huawei representative and two other people; whereas, according to the request, they were present in a box rented at a cost of EUR 45 000 per season by Huawei, allegedly through an intermediary company allegedly for the purpose of facilitating contact with certain Members of the European Parliament; whereas the defrayal of the costs incurred in attending the football match – the exact amount of which was unknown to the authority requesting the waiver of immunity – does not appear to have been declared by Daniel Attard to the European Parliament;
3 formal changes: legal basis, citations, references, corrections
Change 1 Formal
AI summary:Adds a comma after "him" in the phrase "submitted by him".
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Changed:– having heard Daniel Attard on 3 December 2025 and having regard to the documents submitted by himhim, in accordance with Rule 9(6) of its Rules of Procedure,
Change 7 Formal
AI summary:Changes punctuation: removes comma after "court" and adds comma after "and".
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Changed:F. 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;
Change 9 Formal
AI summary:Adds commas and rephrases the provision to clarify that Members enjoy immunity during sessions.
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Changed:J. whereas Article 9, first paragraph, point (b), of Protocol No 7 on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Union provides thatthat, Membersduring the sessions of the European ParliamentParliament, its Members are to enjoy, in the territory of any Member State other than their own, immunity from any measure of detention and from legal proceedings;
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Change 3 Wording
AI summary:Replaces "the EU" with "Union" in the description of the alleged influence on institutions.
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Changed:B. whereas a broad investigation concerning the company Huawei allegedly yielded serious evidence of the existence of a criminal organisation whose purpose was allegedly to influence the decisions of the EUUnion institutions by engaging in the corruption of Members of the European Parliament; whereas that investigation appears to have brought to light several acts of alleged corruption presumed to have been committed on a regular basis from 2021 until 2024; whereas the corruption scheme allegedly took various forms, including the invitation of Members of the European Parliament to events supported by Huawei, supposedly in return for taking political positions in favour of that company, and excessive gifts such as food and travel expenses or regular invitations to football matches outside the framework of the European Parliament;
Change 5 Wording
AI summary:Rephrases the sentence about additional information, changing word order and replacing "have amounted" with "amount".
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Changed:D. whereas it was not until the additionalFederal informationProsecutor provided by the Belgian Federaladditional Prosecutorinformation in reply to thea written request for further information that it was indicated that that the alleged actions of Daniel Attard could have amountedamount to passive public bribery, a criminal offence under Article 246(1) of the Belgian Criminal Code;
Change 6 Wording
AI summary:Moves "European elections" and adds "therefore" to clarify that Attard was a Member at the time of the alleged offence.
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Changed:E. whereas Daniel Attard was elected to the European Parliament in the European elections of June 2024 European elections and waswas, therefore, a Member of the European Parliament at the time of the alleged offence;
Change 8 Wording
AI summary:Adds "Member's" before "personal privilege" and removes "of the Member" and "the European" for conciseness.
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Changed:H. whereas, in accordance with Rule 5(2) of its Rules of Procedure, parliamentary immunity is not a Member’s personal privilege of the Member, but a guarantee of the independence of the European Parliament as a whole and of its Members;
Change 10 Wording
AI summary:Removes "Belgian" before "Federal Prosecutor" in two places.
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Changed:K. whereas any conclusion regarding the immunity of Daniel Attard needs to be drawn on the basis of the request for the waiver of immunity and on the basis of the information and explanations provided in this case, including the replies given by the Belgian Federal Prosecutor, both during the exchange of views and in the additional information provided in writing; whereas there is a flagrant scarcity of concrete elements in the request for the waiver of the immunity; whereas the subsequent oral and written exchanges with the Belgian Federal Prosecutor did not disperse the considerable uncertainty as to the various elements contained in the request for the waiver of the immunity of Daniel Attard; whereas the allegations first communicated in the reply of 18 September 2025 turned out to be based on mistaken identity, as revealed in the letter of 5 March 2026, which further exacerbated the serious doubts surrounding the line of argument underlying the initial request;