Changes from plenary report to adopted text

Change 1

ChangedA. whereas the Slovenian Permanent Representation to the EUEuropean Union has transmitted a request from the Specialised Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Slovenia for the waiver of the immunity of Matej Tonin, Member of the European Parliament elected in the Republic of Slovenia, in connection with alleged offences that took place in 2023;

Change 2

ChangedB. whereas, according to the request, Matej Tonin, in his capacity as member of the Slovenian Parliamentary Committee for the Oversight of Intelligence and Security Services (the KNOVS),‘KNOVS’), together with three other members of the KNOVS, allegedly abused his office by obtaining information from the police under the pretext of parliamentary oversight regarding whether any covert investigative wiretapping measures had been carried out against several individuals; whereas thisthat alleged abuse of office was carried out following media reports from October 2023 linking those individuals to a bribery case involving the Slovenian National Motorways Agency;Company; whereas the request indicates that the alleged abuse of office consisted in the fact that, while acting as public officials, Matej Tonin and the three other members of the KNOVS performed a specific act, namely the oversight of the police, but did so not in the manner intended by law but rather with the intent of securing benefits for themselves and others; whereas, more specifically, the request further alleges that Matej Tonin and the three other members of the KNOVS sought to unlawfully obtain information both for themselves and for the individuals concerned on whether the police had conducted, in 2022, surveillance onof the users of several telephone numbers connected to the bribery case mentioned above,case, with whom they were associated and with whom they had communicated by telephone; whereas on 7 November 2023, Matej Tonin and another member of the KNOVS allegedly conducted illegal unannounced checks at the headquarters of a Slovenian CriminalGeneral Police Directorate, and whereas on the same day, Matej Tonin, in alleged violation of the applicable law, allegedly sent an email to threethe individuals concerned, indicating that no wiretapping measures had been carried out against them in 2022; whereas Matej Tonin and the three other members of the KNOVS also allegedly obtained information on whether pre-trial proceedings were underway against the individuals concerned through the use of wiretapping; whereas, given that Matej Tonin and the three other members of the KNOVS allegedly communicated with the users of said telephone numbers, they would have considered it important to know whether those individuals were being wiretapped,wiretapped as they themselves could allegedly have been recorded in such wiretaps; whereas the request indicates that, based on the evidence gathered, in February 2025,2025 the investigating judge concluded that there was reasonable suspiciongrounds to believe that Matej Tonin had committed the alleged offences, and thisthat conclusion was subsequently upheld by a three-judge panel; whereas the alleged actions constitute an offence of abuse of office under Article 257(1) of the Slovenian Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 20(2) thereof;

Change 3

ChangedE. whereas Matej Tonin was elected to the European Parliament in the June 2024 European elections and was, therefore, not a Member of Junethe 2024;European Parliament at the time of the alleged offences;

Change 4

RemovedJ. whereas any conclusion regarding the immunity of Matej Tonin needs to be drawn on the basis of the request for the waiver of immunity and of the information and explanations provided in this case, including as regards the timing of the investigation and the submission of the request; whereas the timing of the investigation and the submission of the request raised concerns that could not be dissipated and whereas such concerns could, moreover, be of a nature to indicate the existence of fumus persecutionis;

AddedJ. whereas the request specifically details the alleged individual actions of Matej Tonin in his former capacity as a member of the KNOVS, and whereas the merits of the case are to be determined by the Slovenian judicial authorities in accordance with national law; whereas the request appears to stem from a broader investigation into alleged unlawful practices by members of the KNOVS and does not appear to target Matej Tonin’s political activity as a Member of the European Parliament;

AddedK. whereas, in this case, Parliament has found no evidence of fumus persecutionis, that is to say it does not appear that the intention underlying the legal proceedings is to damage Matej Tonin’s political activity as a Member of the European Parliament and thus Parliament’s independence;

Change 5

Changed1. Decides not to waive the immunity of Matej Tonin;