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Access to documents: the General Court annuls the decision of the Parliament refusing to grant its former Vice-President, Ms Eva Kaili, access to certain documents

Such access does not undermine the protection of court proceedings.

On 15 December 2022, on the basis of an investigation concerning the management of parliamentary allowances, the European Chief Prosecutor, Ms Laura Kövesi, requested that the President of the European Parliament, Ms Roberta Metsola, lift the parliamentary immunity of Ms Eva Kaili, the former Vice-President of the Parliament. Ms Metsola decided to announce the request in the plenary session of the Parliament and to refer that request to the Committee of Legal Affairs. Ms Kaili then applied to the General Court of the European Union for annulment of both the European Chief Prosecutor’s request and the decision of the President of the Parliament (‘the case brought before the General Court’). 1

Subsequently, Ms Kaili requested that the Parliament grant her access to documents relating to all cases concerning irregularities in the management, by Members of the European Parliament, of allowances relating to accredited parliamentary assistants. 2 The Parliament refused access to those documents on the ground that such access would undermine the protection of the court proceedings in the case brought before the General Court. Ms Kaili claims that the General Court should annul that decision of the Parliament.

The General Court annuls the decision of the Parliament. (...) Read more