Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-05-10-Speech-2-322-000"
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"en.20110510.60.2-322-000"2
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"Responsibility for public statements made by MEPs lies, first and foremost, with the people who make them. Intervention from Parliament in terms of analysing the context, the occasion or whether the person who made the public statement was entitled to do so or not only happens in exceptional cases. However, this action is obligatory when the person who made the statement is held accountable for the content of the idea expressed. Such an exceptional case, which it was the European Parliament’s duty to investigate, is that involving MEP Luigi de Magistris, summoned before the courts in his own country in connection with an interview given to an Italian newspaper as a member of a political party represented in European structures. Looking beyond making the statement or its implications in domestic policy terms, the right of an MEP to express himself or herself must be recognised as a freedom and therefore defended.
Just like Luigi de Magistris, any other MEP enjoys immunity from any inquiry or detention resulting from opinions expressed or votes cast. In this respect, any attempt to prevent MEPs from expressing their opinions on matters of public interest cannot be approved in a democratic society."@en1
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