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"You know how committed I am to democratic values … Bruno Gollnisch, MEP and intellectual guru of the
has requested the defence of his parliamentary immunity in connection with measures applied by the French authorities as part of a criminal investigation involving Mr Gollnisch in his role as President of the
in the Rhône-Alpes Regional Council and in which the International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism brought a claim for compensation in January 2009 for incitement to racial hatred.
Article 8 of the chapter on law and procedure on the immunity of Members of the European Parliament stipulates that the latter shall not be subject to any form of inquiry, detention or legal proceedings in respect of opinions expressed or votes cast by them in the performance of their duties. Article 26(2) of the Constitution of the French Republic stipulates the same thing.
At a time when the
is riding high in the French polls and when one may question that party’s move into the mainstream (in both media and political terms), I am satisfied that the European Parliament will not defend Mr Gollnisch’s parliamentary immunity and have called for it to be lifted so that the courts can do their job."@en1
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