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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9887

23 April 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/immunity

22/04/2009 (Agence Europe) - With 629 votes to 12 and 20 abstentions, the European Parliament decided on Wednesday 22 April not to lift the immunity enjoyed by Austrian Socialist Hannes Swoboda. Action is being taken against Swoboda by Declan Ganley for having said that “this man has lied on several occasions (…) and the financing of his activities is extremely opaque and dubious”. The Parliament considers such comments had their place within the political debate and that it may...

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