Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-06-11-Speech-2-338"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-06-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020611.7.2-338"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-06-11-Speech-2-1102
lpv:speaker	lp:José Ribeiro E Castro2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; UEN (1999-11-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Popular (1999-11-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". The drafting of this report was prompted by the cases brought by the Italian courts against individuals who are Members of the European Parliament. In the course of these proceedings, certain provisions concerning immunity were not complied with, because it was not the Italian authorities that asked the European Parliament to consider waiving immunity, but the Members concerned themselves. The difficulty was then knowing whether or not the European Parliament could take the view that it had, in fact, been consulted on the matter, given that Rule 6 of its Rules of Procedure requires any request to be addressed to the President of the European Parliament by the competent authorities of a Member State. It must be clarified that, in the proceedings in question, it was the Members themselves who submitted these requests to Parliament, in line with the Italian practice according to which, when the issue of waiving the immunity of a Member facing prosecution is raised, it is the responsibility of that individual to submit the request to the Assembly of which he or she is a Member. It is in this context that the rapporteur suggested a specific procedure that is not intended to replace the request for a waiver of immunity submitted by the competent national authority as laid down in Rule 6 of the Rules of Procedure, but instead to prevent national authorities, in the formal absence of such a request, being able not to take account of the protection afforded to the Members of the European Parliament. The procedure suggested by the rapporteur deserves our total support, because it is the best way of dealing with the loopholes in the texts currently in force. Only a comprehensive reform such as the one suggested in the Duff report, which was studied and voted on the same day, will provide a complete and structured response to this type of problem."@en1

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