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A-10-2026-0152 → TA-10-2026-0192

From
A-10-2026-0152 Plenary report of 5 Jun 2026
To
TA-10-2026-0192 Adopted text of 16 Jun 2026
Changes
10 changes to the text
Paragraphs
+4 added · −2 removed · 15 changed
More facts (3)
Dossier
2025/2097(IMM)
Title (from)
on the request for the waiver of the immunity of Daniel Attard
Title (to)
Request for the waiver of the immunity of Daniel Attard
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AI: What changed, in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026

Changes the date of the waiver request from 16 April to 6 May 2025 and clarifies the transmission by the Federal Public Service.2 Adds "allegedly" to the description of the box rental purpose, emphasizing the alleged nature.4 The other changes are formal or wording: punctuation, word order, and terminology adjustments.1356

The notes class 2 changes as substance, 3 as formal, 5 as wording only.

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Changes that matter, 10

Changes to the text in document order — the ones the change notes describe. Cover page, renumbering and punctuation-only edits are left out (see “Every difference”); changes to citations and references stay in and are marked as formal in the notes.

Change 1

Changed– having heard Daniel Attard on 3 December 2025 and having regard to the documents submitted by himhim, in accordance with Rule 9(6) of its Rules of Procedure,

AI: Note on change 1 · formal Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026

Adds a comma after "him" in the phrase "submitted by him".

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Change 2

ChangedA. whereas on 166 AprilMay 2025,2025 the Belgian Federal ProsecutorPublic issuedService for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation transmitted a request from the Federal Prosecutor, dated 16 April 2025, for the waiver of the immunity of Daniel Attard, a Member of the European Parliament elected in Malta, in connection with criminal proceedings to be instituted against him;

AI: Note on change 2 · substance Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026

Changes the date of the request from 16 April to 6 May 2025 and clarifies that the Federal Public Service transmitted the request from the Federal Prosecutor.

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Change 3

ChangedB. whereas a broad investigation concerning the company Huawei allegedly yielded serious evidence of the existence of a criminal organisation whose purpose was allegedly to influence the decisions of the EUUnion institutions by engaging in the corruption of Members of the European Parliament; whereas that investigation appears to have brought to light several acts of alleged corruption presumed to have been committed on a regular basis from 2021 until 2024; whereas the corruption scheme allegedly took various forms, including the invitation of Members of the European Parliament to events supported by Huawei, supposedly in return for taking political positions in favour of that company, and excessive gifts such as food and travel expenses or regular invitations to football matches outside the framework of the European Parliament;

AI: Note on change 3 · wording only Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026

Replaces "the EU" with "Union" in the description of the alleged influence on institutions.

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Change 4

ChangedC. whereas, according to the request for the waiver of immunity, on 25 September 2024 Daniel Attard attended a football match at a stadium in Brussels, together with his accredited parliamentary assistant, a Huawei representative and two other people; whereas, according to the request, they were present in a box rented at a cost of EUR 45 000 per season by Huawei, allegedly through an intermediary company allegedly for the purpose of facilitating contact with certain Members of the European Parliament; whereas the defrayal of the costs incurred in attending the football match – the exact amount of which was unknown to the authority requesting the waiver of immunity – does not appear to have been declared by Daniel Attard to the European Parliament;

AI: Note on change 4 · substance Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026

Adds "allegedly" before "for the purpose" to emphasize the alleged nature of the box rental purpose.

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Change 5

ChangedD. whereas it was not until the additionalFederal informationProsecutor provided by the Belgian Federaladditional Prosecutorinformation in reply to thea written request for further information that it was indicated that that the alleged actions of Daniel Attard could have amountedamount to passive public bribery, a criminal offence under Article 246(1) of the Belgian Criminal Code;

AI: Note on change 5 · wording only Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026

Rephrases the sentence about additional information, changing word order and replacing "have amounted" with "amount".

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Change 6

ChangedE. whereas Daniel Attard was elected to the European Parliament in the European elections of June 2024 European elections and waswas, therefore, a Member of the European Parliament at the time of the alleged offence;

AI: Note on change 6 · wording only Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026

Moves "European elections" and adds "therefore" to clarify that Attard was a Member at the time of the alleged offence.

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Change 7

ChangedF. whereas Parliament cannot assume the role of a court, andcourt whereas,and, in a waiver of immunity procedure, a Member cannot be regarded as a defendant;

AI: Note on change 7 · formal Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026

Changes punctuation: removes comma after "court" and adds comma after "and".

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Change 8

ChangedH. whereas, in accordance with Rule 5(2) of its Rules of Procedure, parliamentary immunity is not a Member’s personal privilege of the Member, but a guarantee of the independence of the European Parliament as a whole and of its Members;

AI: Note on change 8 · wording only Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026

Adds "Member's" before "personal privilege" and removes "of the Member" and "the European" for conciseness.

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Change 9

ChangedJ. whereas Article 9, first paragraph, point (b), of Protocol No 7 on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Union provides thatthat, Membersduring the sessions of the European ParliamentParliament, its Members are to enjoy, in the territory of any Member State other than their own, immunity from any measure of detention and from legal proceedings;

AI: Note on change 9 · formal Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026

Adds commas and rephrases the provision to clarify that Members enjoy immunity during sessions.

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Change 10

ChangedK. whereas any conclusion regarding the immunity of Daniel Attard needs to be drawn on the basis of the request for the waiver of immunity and on the basis of the information and explanations provided in this case, including the replies given by the Belgian Federal Prosecutor, both during the exchange of views and in the additional information provided in writing; whereas there is a flagrant scarcity of concrete elements in the request for the waiver of the immunity; whereas the subsequent oral and written exchanges with the Belgian Federal Prosecutor did not disperse the considerable uncertainty as to the various elements contained in the request for the waiver of the immunity of Daniel Attard; whereas the allegations first communicated in the reply of 18 September 2025 turned out to be based on mistaken identity, as revealed in the letter of 5 March 2026, which further exacerbated the serious doubts surrounding the line of argument underlying the initial request;

AI: Note on change 10 · wording only Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026

Removes "Belgian" before "Federal Prosecutor" in two places.

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European Parliament (2026). “Changes between A-10-2026-0152 and TA-10-2026-0192”. Text, 16 June 2026. from A-10-2026-0152, to TA-10-2026-0192, reference 2025/2097(IMM). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2026-0152/compare/TA-10-2026-0192 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-text-2026-06-16,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Changes between A-10-2026-0152 and TA-10-2026-0192}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-06-16},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2026-0152/compare/TA-10-2026-0192}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2026-0152/compare/TA-10-2026-0192},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Text. from A-10-2026-0152, to TA-10-2026-0192, reference 2025/2097(IMM). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}