The Committee on Legal Affairs adopted the report by
Cecilia WIKSTRÖM (ALDE, SE) in which it recommends that the
European Parliament should waive the immunity of Jacek Olgierd
KURSKI (EFD, PL).
The Office of the Public Prosecutor General of the
Republic of Poland sent a request to waive the parliamentary
immunity of Jacek Olgierd KURSKI. Mr KURSKI is accused of
committing a traffic offence by making a left turn in breach of
horizontal road sign B-21 (no left turns) and vertical
road sign P-4 (double continuous lines) with the result that
he crossed those lines, thereby committing an offence under Article
92(1) of the Act of 20 May 1971 establishing a Code of Offences
(Polish Journal of Laws 2010 No 46, item 275, as
amended).
The committee considers that the alleged action does
not have a direct, obvious connection with Jacek Olgierd
KURSKIs performance of his duties as a Member of the European
Parliament nor that it constitutes opinions expressed or votes cast
in the performance of the duties of the Member of the European
Parliament for the purposes of Article 8 of Protocol No 7 on the
Privileges and Immunities of the European Union.
The accusation has no connection with Mr Kurskis
office of Member of the European Parliament. Mr KURSKI has been
heard, and there is no reason to suspect the existence of a
fumus persecutionis.
On the basis of the above considerations, after
considering the reasons for and against waiving the Members
immunity, it is recommended that the European Parliament should
waive the parliamentary immunity of Jacek Olgierd
KURSKI.