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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8985

7 July 2005
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/immunities
Immunity confirméd for Bossi in civil court, lifted by criminal court

Strasbourg, 06/07/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday, the European Parliament took position on several requests to defend the immunity of Umberto Bossi (Lega Nord, Italy), who was a member of the Parliament from 1994 to 2001. In every case in which Mr Bossi was brought before a civil court, this immunity was confirmed, for his having made defamatory remarks or defending criminal activities, as the Parliament feels that these comments "were made by Mr Bossi as part of the exercise of his...

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