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"en.20111201.35.4-390-000"2
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"It is appropriate to deal with the requests made by Viktor Uspaskich on 5 and 11 April 2011 together since they relate to the same legal proceedings. Criminal proceedings have been brought against the Member of the European Parliament (MEP), who is charged essentially with offences of false accounting in relation to the financing of a political party during a period prior to his election to the European Parliament. On 7 September 2010 Parliament waived Viktor Uspaskich’s immunity, considering that no cogent evidence had been furnished as to the existence of any
and that the offences with which the MEP is charged had nothing to do with his activities as a Member of the European Parliament. Subsequently, on 28 October 2010, Viktor Uspaskich brought an action for the annulment of Parliament’s decision of 7 September 2010 before the General Court, only to withdraw it in July 2011. In a letter of 5 April 2011 requesting the defence of his immunity, he claims that the criminal proceedings initiated by the Lithuanian authorities prevent him from performing, or make it difficult for him to perform, his parliamentary duties by restraining his freedom of movement contrary to Article 7 of the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Union. After thoroughly examining all of the available facts, however, Parliament has concluded not to defend the immunity and privileges of Viktor Uspaskich and will forward this decision and the report of its competent committee to the appropriate authority in the Republic of Lithuania."@en1
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