01/12/2021 (Agence Europe) – The President of the General Court of the European Union did not suspend the decision of the European Parliament that has made access to its premises subject to the presentation of a digital Covid-19 certificate since the beginning of November (see EUROPE 12821/20) until the judgment on the main proceedings of the case is delivered, in an order issued on Tuesday 30 November (T-710&711/21). None of the arguments put forward by MEPs, accredited parliamentary assistants and the European Parliament’s staff - direct interference with the powers of representation, invasion of privacy - demonstrate the serious, or even irreparable, nature of the alleged damage, which would infringe fundamental rights, the President said. On 5 November, the Court provisionally ordered that the applicants be granted access to the Parliament’s premises on the basis of a negative self-test, which, if positive, was to be followed by a PCR test. In the case of a positive PCR test result, Parliament could refuse the applicants access to its premises. (MB)