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2008/2078(IMM) Request for waiver of the immunity of Witold Tomczak

Role	Committee	Rapporteur	Shadows
Lead	JURI	WALLIS Diana (ALDE)

Lead committee dossier: JURI/6/60735
Legal Basis RoP 006

Subjects

8.40.01.03 Members' immunity

Links

Activites

2008/07/08 Results of vote in Parliament
- Results of vote in Parliament
- T6-0326/2008 summary
  
  The European Parliament adopted by 638 votes to 17, with 21 abstentions, a resolution on the request for waiver of the immunity of Witold TOMCZAK (ID, PL).The report had been tabled for consideration in plenary by Diana WALLIS (ALDE, UK), on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs.To recall, Mr Tomczak is charged with causing damage valued at up to 39 669 PLN (approximately 11 500 EUR) to a sculpture titled “The Ninth Hour” – depicting Pope John Paul II crushed by a stone – in the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw in 2000. He claims that his action sought to defend his and other people’s religious feelings, as well as to protect the dignity of the Pope. Moreover, he considers that his behaviour was aimed at protecting a higher value - that of the Pope's honour in the eyes of Polish Catholics. He also contests the amount of the damage he allegedly caused.Given that Mr Tomczak was elected to the European Parliament on 13 June 2004 (well after the events), the Parliament considers that he was not protected by parliamentary immunity and considers that, on the basis of the information obtained, he is not protected by parliamentary immunity in respect of any of the allegations. Therefore, the European Parliament has decided to waive the immunity of Witold TOMCZAK.
2008/06/27 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
- A6-0277/2008
2008/06/25 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading

Documents

Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A6-0277/2008
Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T6-0326/2008

History

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2019-07-06Show (9) Changes | Timetravel

activities	date: 2008-06-25T00:00:00 body: EP committees: body: EP responsible: True committee: JURI date: 2008-03-26T00:00:00 committee_full: Legal Affairs rapporteur: group: ALDE name: WALLIS Diana type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading date: 2008-06-27T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A6-2008-277&language=EN type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading title: A6-0277/2008 body: EP type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading date: 2008-07-08T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=15303&l=en type: Results of vote in Parliament title: Results of vote in Parliament url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2008-326 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title: T6-0326/2008 body: EP type: Results of vote in Parliament
docs	date: 2008-06-27T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A6-2008-277&language=EN title: A6-0277/2008 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading body: EP date: 2008-08-27T00:00:00 docs: url: /oeil/spdoc.do?i=15303&j=0&l=en title: SP(2008)4891 type: Commission response to text adopted in plenary
events	date: 2008-06-25T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP summary: The Legal Affairs Committee unanimously adopted the report by Diana WALLIS (ALDE, UK) on the request for waiver of the immunity of Witold TOMCZAK (ID, PL). To recall, Mr Tomczak is charged with causing damage valued at up to 39 669 PLN (approximately 11 500 EUR) to a sculpture titled “The Ninth Hour” – depicting Pope John Paul II crushed by a stone – in the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw in 2000. He claims that his action sought to defend his and other people’s religious feelings, as well as to protect the dignity of the Pope. He also contests the amount of the damage he allegedly caused. The District Prosecutor in Warsaw asks that the parliamentary immunity of Mr Tomczak be waived in order that he may present him with the charges in the above-mentioned proceedings and question him as a suspect. Given that Mr Tomczak was elected to the European Parliament on 13 June 2004 (well after the events), the committee considers that he was not protected by parliamentary immunity. Therefore, MEPs propose to waive the immunity of Witold Tomczak. date: 2008-06-27T00:00:00 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A6-2008-277&language=EN title: A6-0277/2008 date: 2008-07-08T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=15303&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament date: 2008-07-08T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2008-326 title: T6-0326/2008 summary: The European Parliament adopted by 638 votes to 17, with 21 abstentions, a resolution on the request for waiver of the immunity of Witold TOMCZAK (ID, PL). The report had been tabled for consideration in plenary by Diana WALLIS (ALDE, UK), on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs. To recall, Mr Tomczak is charged with causing damage valued at up to 39 669 PLN (approximately 11 500 EUR) to a sculpture titled “The Ninth Hour” – depicting Pope John Paul II crushed by a stone – in the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw in 2000. He claims that his action sought to defend his and other people’s religious feelings, as well as to protect the dignity of the Pope. Moreover, he considers that his behaviour was aimed at protecting a higher value - that of the Pope's honour in the eyes of Polish Catholics. He also contests the amount of the damage he allegedly caused. Given that Mr Tomczak was elected to the European Parliament on 13 June 2004 (well after the events), the Parliament considers that he was not protected by parliamentary immunity and considers that, on the basis of the information obtained, he is not protected by parliamentary immunity in respect of any of the allegations. Therefore, the European Parliament has decided to waive the immunity of Witold TOMCZAK. date: 2008-07-08T00:00:00 type: End of procedure in Parliament body: EP
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other
procedure/dossier_of_the_committee	Old JURI/6/60735 New JURI/6/60735
procedure/legal_basis/0	Rules of Procedure EP 6
procedure/legal_basis/0	Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament EP 006
procedure/subject	Old 8.40.01.03 Members' immunity New 8.40.01.03 Members' immunity

2015-11-04Show (6) Changes | Timetravel

activities/0/committees/0/committee_full	Old ${committee.text} New Legal Affairs
activities/0/committees/0/date	2008-03-26T00:00:00
activities/0/committees/0/rapporteur	group: ALDE name: WALLIS Diana
committees/0/committee_full	Old ${committee.text} New Legal Affairs
committees/0/date	2008-03-26T00:00:00
committees/0/rapporteur	group: ALDE name: WALLIS Diana

2014-11-10Show (5) Changes

activities	date: 2008-06-25T00:00:00 body: EP committees: body: EP responsible: True committee_full: ${committee.text} committee: JURI type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading date: 2008-06-27T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A6-2008-277&language=EN type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading title: A6-0277/2008 body: EP type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading date: 2008-07-08T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=15303&l=en type: Results of vote in Parliament title: Results of vote in Parliament url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2008-326 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title: T6-0326/2008 body: EP type: Results of vote in Parliament
committees	body: EP responsible: True committee_full: ${committee.text} committee: JURI
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procedure	dossier_of_the_committee JURI/6/60735 reference 2008/2078(IMM) title Request for waiver of the immunity of Witold Tomczak legal_basis Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament EP 006 stage_reached Procedure completed subtype Waiver of immunity type IMM - Members' immunity subject 8.40.01.03 Members' immunity

Activites

Documents

History

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