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EU Prosecutors Request Lifting of Polish MP's Immunity

Laura Kovesi said the case involves suspected trading in influence and 640,000 euros in bribes tied to an EU-funded tram project.

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TVP Info's Brussels correspondent, Dorota Bawołek, reported that the European Attorney General had asked the Polish Sejm to waive the immunity of one of its members, suspected of influence peddling. Also read: The European Parliament cannot detain Braun. We know the details. It was previously established that, starting in 2021, he had been providing confidential information to a selected company to help it win a contract, approving inflated cost…

The European Public Prosecutor's Office has filed a motion with the Sejm (lower house of Parliament) to waive the immunity of Civic Coalition (KO) MP Wojciech Król, citing suspicions of paid influence. "This is the first motion of its kind, and therefore the case is precedent-setting," emphasizes the director of the Sejm Chancellery's Media Services Office.

European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kovesi has requested the Sejm to waive the immunity of one of its members of parliament in connection with the suspicion of paid influence during the modernization of tram infrastructure in the Upper Silesian-Zagłębie Metropolis, the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) announced. "I recommend taking screenshots of several of the most risqué entries regarding 'settlement' from MP Wojciech Król's account. The…

·Warszawa, Poland
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The European Public Prosecutor's Office has requested the waiver of the immunity of one of the Polish MEPs. However, it is not known who it is.

·Warsaw, Poland
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