Vídeo: Verificação de factos: como funciona a imunidade dos deputados europeus?

how does MEP immunity [Music] work certain members of the European Parliament have come under increasing scrutiny over the past couple of years for a range of alleged misconduct this has led to numerous legal proceedings being launched against them but investigative authorities must first get over the hurdle of parliamentary immunity thanks to their immunity MEPS can’t be subject to any form of inquiry detention or legal proceedings because of a opinions expressed or votes cast in their capacity as an MEP it works both in their own member State similar to the immunity granted to National Parliament members and across other EU member states however an MEP can’t claim immunity when they’re caught in the act of committing an offense according to the European [Music] Parliament a National Authority can submit a request for the European Parliament to lift an mep’s immunity the president of the parliament announces the request to the plenary and refers it to the legal Affairs committee the committee then investigates by asking for whatever information it deems necessary speaking to the MEP in question and examining other evidence there’s no predefined timeline for This Confidential process the committee makes a recommendation on whether to approve or reject the request to lift the mep’s immunity which the parliament then votes on afterwards the president informs both the me and the authority that made the request in the first place about the result [Music] even if an mep’s immunity is waved they still keep their seat in Parliament the European Parliament stresses that lifting someone’s immunity doesn’t constitute a guilty verdict but allows National authorities to go ahead with legal proceedings if the me is later convicted it’s up to their member state to decide whether their mandate is voided for more fact checks take a look at euronews.com [Music]