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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/06999dcf9e0a44ee https://verfassungsblog.de/parliamentary-immunity-as-a-privilege/ Parliamentary Immunity as a Privilege - Catalan Immunity Cases Destabilise the Balance Between Protection and Accountability Pérez de Lamo, David eng 2026-03-05 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 CJEU Case C-572/23 P Catalan EU Immunity Junqueras Vies Puigdemont Spain Spanien EU Spanien Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On 5 February 2026, the Court of Justice delivered its judgment in Case C-572/23 P, annulling the European Parliament’s decisions of 9 March 2021 waiving the parliamentary immunity of Carles Puigdemont, Antoni Comín and Clara Ponsatí. In particular, the CJEU requires the rapporteur of the committee responsible for the reasoned proposal to be insulated from even indirect political links with the party that instigated the underlying criminal proceedings. This reinforces the perception of immunity as a personal privilege rather than a functional safeguard.