Elected as an MEP on Sunday 9 June, Italian far-left activist Ilaria Salis, who has been deprived of her liberty in Hungary, is expected to invoke her parliamentary immunity and be released.
Under Article 9 of the Protocol on the “Privileges and Immunities of the European Parliament”, MEPs “enjoy in the territory of their State the immunities accorded to Members of Parliament” and “may not, in the territory of any other Member State, be detained or be the subject of legal...