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"Thank you, Mrs Hautala. You may, of course, make a statement on behalf of your group. I must, however, just pick up on two points that were inaccurate. There were three requests to waive the parliamentary immunity of Spanish MEPs. Two requests were sent directly through the intermediary of the Spanish governmental authorities. There is only one request where there is some doubt. The Official Journal reports that it was sent by the Spanish government. In the report by the MEP at the time, which is the report on the request for the waiver of immunity, it says ‘given the request made by the Spanish Minister for Justice’, but when you look into the case, the letter from the minister cannot be found. Therefore, there are obviously two requests from the Minister of Justice, submitted by the Spanish governmental authorities, and one request where there is some doubt, in spite of the Official Journal, which, however, in principle, is deemed to be authentic.
With regard to the latest information that I have just provided, I have the impression that you might not have fully understood – perhaps there was a problem with the translation – this does not relate to the Council of State, this relates to a request for a waiver that was submitted by the Supreme Court at the Council of Europe, not long ago, and I clarified that this request was sent by the Spanish government’s mission, and this happened very recently. This information that I have given you is new and extremely important information. That is why my colleague at the Council of Europe was able to send it to the appropriate committee, since there was no doubt that the request came from the Spanish authorities. I do understand that all these facts might be cause for regret for some Members, but unfortunately for them, these are the facts, and we cannot change them, as they certainly are objective and beyond question."@en1
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