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Decision

Request for the waiver of the immunity of Angelika Niebler

Effect
Immunity kept
Result
309 for · 283 against · 53 abstained counted electronically, no names
Date
19 May 2026
Kind
Immunity decision
More facts (9)
Margin
narrowly
Counts are for
the committee’s proposal not to waive the immunity
Source
Committee report
Topics
EU institutions & Parliament Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 0 roll calls
Final vote
192440
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Result

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

Final vote: 309 for, 283 against, 53 abstained (counted electronically, no names).

Immunity kept narrowly.

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

Debate speakers and how they voted

No plenary speech is linked to this dossier.

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 Counted309 for, 283 against, 53 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0127

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

Parliament decided not to waive the immunity of Angelika Niebler, a Member of the European Parliament, in connection with alleged fraud and misuse of parliamentary assistance expenses.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2175(IMM) · Parliamentary immunity

Decided on 19 May 2026.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 5 May 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 6 May 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 19 May 2026 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: JURI · Rapporteur: Marcin SYPNIEWSKI (ESN)

Connections

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

Show 3 connections: Other decisions of the part-session on JURI dossiers

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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 (2026). “Request for the waiver of the immunity of Angelika Niebler”. Decision, 19 May 2026. votingId 192440, document A-10-2026-0127, reference 2025/2175(IMM). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-19/6 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Results of votes, sitting of 19 May 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-19-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-05-19, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-05-19/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2026-05-19-6,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Request for the waiver of the immunity of Angelika Niebler}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-05-19},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-19/6}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-19/6},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 192440, document A-10-2026-0127, reference 2025/2175(IMM). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-19-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-05-19 (CC BY 4.0)}
}