21/10/2009 (Agence Europe) - With the adoption of the report by British Liberal Democrat Diana Wallis by 639 votes to 17 and 15 abstentions, the European Parliament has refused to lift the immunity of Marek Siwiec (S&D, Poland), who is under prosecution in his country for having made the sign of the cross and kissed the soil upon arriving at the airport of Ostrzeszow. Such gestures, commonly associated to the deceased Pope Jean-Paul II, gave rise to proceedings under Article 196 of the...