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Decision

Request for the waiver of the immunity of Nils Ušakovs

Effect
Immunity kept
Result
400 for · 186 against · 13 abstained counted electronically, no names
Date
11 April 2024
Kind
Immunity decision
More facts (8)
Margin
by a large majority
Counts are for
the committee’s proposal not to waive the immunity
Dossier
2023-2091
Source
Committee report
Votes
1 vote · 0 roll calls
Final vote
168000
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Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

Final vote: 400 for, 186 against, 13 abstained (counted electronically, no names).

Immunity kept by a large majority.

Parliament backed its committee’s proposal not to lift the immunity, so it stays in place.

Debate speakers and how they voted

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All votes on this decision, 1

In voting order. Result: for–against–abstained (a show of hands has no count). Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call, a split vote or a separate vote.
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Final vote Proposal for a decision Counted400 for, 186 against, 13 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-9-2024-0167

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The Committee on Legal Affairs reports on a request from the Riga Public Prosecutor's Office to waive the immunity of Nils Ušakovs, a Member of the European Parliament elected for Latvia.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/2091(IMM) · Parliamentary immunity

Decided on 11 April 2024.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 8 April 2024 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 9 April 2024 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 11 April 2024 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: JURI · Rapporteur: MEP #124738 (ID)

Connections

What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.

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Sources & citation

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Retrieved
26 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Request for the waiver of the immunity of Nils Ušakovs”. Decision, 11 April 2024. votingId 168000, document A-9-2024-0167, reference 2023-2091. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-11/66 (retrieved 26 September 2026). Official source: Results of votes, sitting of 11 April 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-11-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-11, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-04-11/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2024-04-11-66,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Request for the waiver of the immunity of Nils Ušakovs}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-11},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-11/66}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-11/66},
  urldate = {2026-09-26},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 168000, document A-9-2024-0167, reference 2023-2091. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-11-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-11 (CC BY 4.0)}
}