Decision

Request for the waiver of the immunity of Daniel Obajtek

Effect: Immunity waived
Result: 484 for · 150 against · 7 abstained counted electronically, no names
Date: 28 April 2026
Kind: Immunity decision

More facts (9)

Margin: by a large majority
Counts are for: the committee’s proposal to waive the immunity
Text: Report A-10-2026-0115
Dossier: 2025/2172(IMM)
Source: Committee report
Topics: EU institutions & Parliament Justice, rule of law & rights Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 0 roll calls
Sitting: Tuesday 28 April 2026
Final vote: 190543

Margin: by a large majority
Counts are for: the committee’s proposal to waive the immunity
Text: Report A-10-2026-0115
Dossier: 2025/2172(IMM)
Source: Committee report
Topics: EU institutions & Parliament Justice, rule of law & rights Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 1 vote · 0 roll calls
Sitting: Tuesday 28 April 2026
Final vote: 190543

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Votes on this decision

Result

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

Immunity waived by a large majority.

Parliament lifted the immunity, so the national proceedings can go ahead.

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.
Member	Group	Speeches	Spoke	Final vote
Antonella SBERNA Italy	ECR	Speeches1	28 Apr 2026 (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.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
1	Final vote Proposal for a decision	Counted	484 for, 150 against, 7 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0115

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

The European Parliament decides to waive the immunity of Daniel Obajtek, a Member of the European Parliament, following a request from Polish authorities in connection with alleged offences of perjury and restricting sales of a magazine.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2172(IMM) · Parliamentary immunity

Decided on 28 April 2026.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 23 April 2026 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 23 April 2026 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 28 April 2026 (done)
Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: JURI · Rapporteur: Pascale PIERA (Patriots)

Connections

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

Show 6 connections: Other decisions of the part-session on JURI dossiers

Other decisions of the part-session on JURI dossiers

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Decision Request for the waiver of the immunity of Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă Immunity decision · committee report 28 Apr 2026 Immunity waived
Decision Request for the waiver of the immunity of Alvise Pérez Immunity decision · committee report 28 Apr 2026 Immunity waived
Decision Request for the waiver of the immunity of Patryk Jaki Immunity decision · committee report 28 Apr 2026 Immunity waived
Decision Request for the waiver of the immunity of Tomasz Buczek Immunity decision · committee report 28 Apr 2026 Immunity waived
Decision Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Resolution · report by Dainius Žalimas 29 Apr 2026 Adopted

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Sources & citation

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

Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-28/16
Official source: Results of votes, sitting of 28 April 2026 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-28
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2026). “Request for the waiver of the immunity of Daniel Obajtek”. Decision, 28 April 2026. votingId 190543, document A-10-2026-0115, reference 2025/2172(IMM). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-28/16 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Results of votes, sitting of 28 April 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-28-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-28, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-04-28/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2026-04-28-16,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Request for the waiver of the immunity of Daniel Obajtek}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-04-28},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-28/16}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-28/16},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 190543, document A-10-2026-0115, reference 2025/2172(IMM). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-28-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-28 (CC BY 4.0)}
}