nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/06999dcf9e0a44ee DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260305s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/06999dcf9e0a44ee doi eng 342 23 Pérez de Lamo, David Author aut Parliamentary Immunity as a Privilege - Catalan Immunity Cases Destabilise the Balance Between Protection and Accountability Pérez de Lamo, David Verfassungsblog 2026-03-05 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. CC BY-SA 4.0 CJEU Case C-572/23 P Catalan EU Immunity Junqueras Vies Puigdemont Spain Spanien (DE-588)10290611-7 gnd EU (DE-588)4055964-6 gnd Spanien Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/parliamentary-immunity-as-a-privilege/ raw object