The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metzola announced at the start of plenary work in Strasbourg that there is a request from the Belgian authorities to lift the immunity of MEP Alexis Georgoulis.
“I received a request from the competent Belgian authorities to lift the parliamentary immunity of Alexis Georgoulis. The request is referred to the legal affairs committee» said Ms. Metsola.
Roberta Metsola announced that the committee of the European Parliament will be convened first in one or two weeks and then the Plenary to decide.
For his part, Mr. Georgoulis notes in his statement:
“Unfortunately, we live in difficult and dangerous times. To my great surprise, I am informed that an obviously false and slanderous complaint has been filed against me for an incident that allegedly happened three years ago. In the face of this false and insulting attack, which is carried out – probably not by chance – a few days before the national elections, I intend to fight my battle in justice, for the truth and the restoration of my name, requesting the removal of my MEP immunity.
In this context and because I do not at all want to influence the fight that SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance is fighting, at all levels, with a purely personal issue, I am placing myself at the disposal of the party’s organs and submitting my resignation as a member of the party as well as from the Eurogroup of SYRIZA-PS”.
Source: News Beast
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