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Decision

Request for the waiver of the immunity of Elisabetta Gualmini

Effect
Immunity kept
Result
382 for · 254 against · 19 abstained counted electronically, no names
Date
16 December 2025
Kind
Immunity decision
More facts (9)
Margin
by a clear majority
Counts are for
the committee’s proposal not to waive the immunity
Source
Committee report
Topics
EU institutions & ParliamentJustice, rule of law & rights Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 0 roll calls
Final vote
182648
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Result

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

Final vote: 382 for, 254 against, 19 abstained (counted electronically, no names).

Immunity kept by a clear majority.

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

Debate speakers and how they voted

Members who spoke in the plenary debate on the dossier. Speeches: how many times they took the floor. Final vote: their recorded position on this decision's final roll call.
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Roberta METSOLA MaltaEPPSpeeches116 Dec 2025 (verbatim report, official site)no roll call

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 Counted382 for, 254 against, 19 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0263

AI: The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source

Parliament decided not to waive the immunity of Elisabetta Gualmini, a Member elected in Italy, following a Belgian request linked to alleged corruption in the Qatargate affair.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2063(IMM) · Parliamentary immunity

Decided on 16 December 2025.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 3 December 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 12 December 2025 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 16 December 2025 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: JURI · Rapporteur: Ilhan KYUCHYUK (Renew)

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

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Request for the waiver of the immunity of Elisabetta Gualmini”. Decision, 16 December 2025. votingId 182648, document A-10-2025-0263, reference 2025/2063(IMM). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-16/15 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Results of votes, sitting of 16 December 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-16-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-12-16, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-12-16/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2025-12-16-15,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Request for the waiver of the immunity of Elisabetta Gualmini}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-12-16},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-16/15}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-12-16/15},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 182648, document A-10-2025-0263, reference 2025/2063(IMM). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-12-16-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-12-16 (CC BY 4.0)}
}