Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/2100(IMM)
Request for the waiver of the immunity of Nikola Minchev
Parliamentary immunity · First reading
A request to waive or defend a Member’s immunity from legal proceedings.
Where it stands
Parliament’s position
Decided on 16 June 2026.
- Referred to committee(done)
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 3 June 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 5 June 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 16 June 2026
- Parliament’s position(done) Final
Decided in plenary
16 June 2026 · decision 16
EU institutions & Parliament, Immunity decision
Request for the waiver of the immunity of Nikola Minchev
Immunity kept Decided by show of hands: no count recorded.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:Changes the date of the waiver request from 16 April to 6 May 2025 and clarifies the transmission by the Federal Public Service. Adds "allegedly" to the description of the box rental, softening the claim about its purpose. The other changes are formal or wording: updated punctuation, word order, and terminology.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Legal Affairs
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Ilhan Kyuchyuk (Renew)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 16 Jun 2026
AI summary:Parliament decided not to waive the immunity of Nikola Minchev, a Member elected in Bulgaria, in connection with Belgian criminal proceedings over alleged corruption linked to Huawei.
Tabled for plenary· 5 Jun 2026
AI summary:Parliament decided not to waive the immunity of Nikola Minchev, a Member elected in Bulgaria, in connection with Belgian criminal proceedings over alleged corruption involving Huawei.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 2 steps
16 June 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 16 Jun 2026 Report A10-0155/2026Adopted text TA10-0195/2026
5 June 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 1 step
3 June 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
JURI (Legal Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/2100(IMM)