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Changes from plenary report to adopted text
A-10-2026-0229 → TA-10-2026-0275
- From
- A-10-2026-0229 Plenary report of 9 Sept 2026
- To
- TA-10-2026-0275 Adopted text of 15 Sept 2026
- Changes
- 5 changes to the text
- Paragraphs
- +4 added · −2 removed · 8 changed
More facts (3)
- Dossier
- 2026/2033(IMM)
- Title (from)
- on the request for the waiver of the immunity of Francisco Assis
- Title (to)
- Request for the waiver of the immunity of Francisco Assis
AI: What changed, in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-flash · 18 Sept 2026
The versions differ only in wording: the text rephrases references to Francisco Assis and the account of the press release and alleged defamation, reorders the phrase about the June 2024 European elections, and drops the word 'constitutionally' before 'enshrined'.1234
The notes class 0 changes as substance, 0 as formal, 5 as wording only.
Changes that matter, 5
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
ChangedA. whereas on 18 March 2026, the criminal investigative judge in Almada, Portugal, belonging to the District Court of Lisbon, submitted a request for the waiver of the immunity of Francisco José Pereira de Assis de Miranda (‘Francisco Assis’),Assis, Member of the European Parliament elected in Portugal, in connection with an alleged offence that took place in 2022;
AI: Note on change 1 · wording only Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-flash · 18 Sept 2026
Shortens the reference to Francisco Assis by using only his surname instead of his full name and the parenthetical form.
Change 2
ChangedB. whereas, according to the request, an investigation was initiated following a complaint lodged by a plaintiff alleging that, on 31 March 2022, Francisco Assis, in his capacity as President of the Economic and Social Council of Portugal, allegedly issued a press release in which he maintained that the complainant’s continued presence of the complainant at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Portugal degradesdegraded the country and flatlywas contradictscontrary theto Government’sthe political position onof the barbaricGovernment of Portugal on the Russian invasion of the sovereign state of Ukraine; whereas Francisco Assis allegedly described the complainant as a ‘collaborator with the autocratic and criminal power installed in the Kremlin’ and asserted that it was ‘imperative, in the interests of national dignity and respect for the martyred Ukrainian people, that measures be taken to address this serious institutional anomaly’; whereas, according to the request, the alleged actionsacts might constitute an offence of aggravated defamation under Article 180(1) of the Portuguese Criminal Code, in conjunction with Article 132(2), point l, and Article 184 thereof; whereas after duly examining the case, the Public Prosecutor’s Office closed the preliminary investigation considering that no offence had been committed by Francisco Assis,Assis as the statements in the press release were made in the context of the right to freedom of expression; whereas it is further noted in the request that both the complainant and Francisco Assis are public figures,figures as they both hold public office as part of Portuguese political life, and, consequently, that they must necessarily be more resilient to criticism; whereas after having been notified of the order to close the case, the complainant requested the nullity of that order and the opening of a pretrial investigation, which would require the waiver of the immunity of Francisco Assis,Assis and is thus the basis for the request received in this regard;
AI: Note on change 2 · wording only Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-flash · 18 Sept 2026
Rephrases the account of the press release and the alleged defamation, including tense, word order and small wording changes, without altering what the text says.
Change 3
ChangedE. whereas Francisco Assis was elected to the European Parliament in the European elections in June 2024 European elections and was, therefore, not a Member of the European Parliament at the time of the alleged offence;
AI: Note on change 3 · wording only Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-flash · 18 Sept 2026
Reorders the phrase about the June 2024 European elections without changing its meaning.
Change 4
ChangedJ. whereas the request specifically indicates that the initial assessment by the Public Prosecutor’s Office was that the statements of Francisco Assis, in his capacity as President of the Economic and Social Council of Portugal, were made in the context of his right to freedom of expression, a fundamental right constitutionally enshrined in Article 37 of the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic, and whereas the merits of the case are to be determined by the Portuguese judicial authorities in accordance with national law;
AI: Note on change 4 · wording only Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-flash · 18 Sept 2026
Drops the word 'constitutionally' before 'enshrined' in the reference to Article 37 of the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic.
Change 5
ChangedK. 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 theFrancisco Assis’ political activity of Francisco Assis as a Member of the European Parliament and thus Parliament’s independence;
AI: Note on change 5 · wording only Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-flash · 18 Sept 2026
Rephrases the description of fumus persecutionis by naming Francisco Assis directly and removing the later repetition of his name.
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European Parliament (2026). “Changes between A-10-2026-0229 and TA-10-2026-0275”. Text, 15 September 2026. from A-10-2026-0229, to TA-10-2026-0275, reference 2026/2033(IMM). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2026-0229/compare/TA-10-2026-0275 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-text-2026-09-15,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Changes between A-10-2026-0229 and TA-10-2026-0275}},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-09-15},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2026-0229/compare/TA-10-2026-0275}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2026-0229/compare/TA-10-2026-0275},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Text. from A-10-2026-0229, to TA-10-2026-0275, reference 2026/2033(IMM). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}