EC v Parliament

Case T‑248/24 ECv European Parliament Order of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 5 May 2025( Action for annulment – Law governing the institutions – Member of Parliament – Privileges and immunities – Refusal of the Parliament to accede to a request for privileges and immunities to be defended – Member found in the act of committing an offence – Act not open to challenge – Inadmissibility )Action for annulment – Actionable measures – Concept – Acts producing binding legal effects – Refusal of the European Parliament to accede to a request for the privileges and immunities of one of its Members to be defended – Member found in the act of committing an offence – Act not intended to produce binding legal effects – Inadmissibility(Art. 263 TFEU; Protocol on the privileges and immunities of the European Union, Art. 9, first para., point (b), and third para.; Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament, Rules 7 to 9)(see paragraphs 15-17, 21-26, 28-38)RésuméBy its order, the General Court dismisses as inadmissible an action for annulment (1) brought by a Member of the European Parliament against the act by which the European Parliament refused to grant her request for her privileges and immunities to be defended. It thus holds that, where a Member is found in the act of committing an offence, such a refusal is not open to challenge by means of an action for annulment, since it does not produce binding legal effects. The applicant was a Member of Parliament from 2014 to 2024....