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
- Dossier
- 2025/2175(IMM)
- Source
- Committee report
- Topics
- EU institutions & Parliament Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
- Votes
- 1 vote · 0 roll calls
- Sitting
- Tuesday 19 May 2026
- Final vote
- 192440
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
| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Final vote Proposal for a decision | Counted | 309 for, 283 against, 53 abstained Adopted |
Text
The text voted on.
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.
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
- Referred to committee (done)
- Committee work · Report adopted 5 May 2026 (done)
- Tabled for plenary · 6 May 2026 (done)
- Plenary vote · Adopted 19 May 2026 (done)
- 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
Other decisions of the part-session on JURI dossiers
- Decision Request for the waiver of the immunity of Alvise Pérez Immunity decision · committee report 19 May 2026 Immunity waived
- Decision Request for the waiver of the immunity of Nikos Pappas Immunity decision · committee report 19 May 2026 Immunity waived
- Decision Request for the waiver of the immunity of Harald Vilimsky Immunity decision · committee report 19 May 2026 Immunity waived
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official source
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- 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)}
}