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Case T-770/16: Judgment of the General Court of 31 May 2018 — Korwin-Mikke v Parliament (Law governing the institutions — European Parliament — Rules of Procedure of the Parliament — Conduct adversely affecting the dignity of the Parliament and the smooth running of parliamentary business — Disciplinary sanctions of forfeiture of entitlement to the subsistence allowance and temporary suspension from participation in all activities of the Parliament — Freedom of expression — Obligation to state reasons — Error of law)

IO C 249, 16.7.2018, p. 25–25 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

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Case T-770/16: Judgment of the General Court of 31 May 2018 — Korwin-Mikke v Parliament (Law governing the institutions — European Parliament — Rules of Procedure of the Parliament — Conduct adversely affecting the dignity of the Parliament and the smooth running of parliamentary business — Disciplinary sanctions of forfeiture of entitlement to the subsistence allowance and temporary suspension from participation in all activities of the Parliament — Freedom of expression — Obligation to state reasons — Error of law)

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Judgment of the General Court of 31 May 2018 — Korwin-Mikke v Parliament

(Case T-770/16) ( 1 )

‛(Law governing the institutions — European Parliament — Rules of Procedure of the Parliament — Conduct adversely affecting the dignity of the Parliament and the smooth running of parliamentary business — Disciplinary sanctions of forfeiture of entitlement to the subsistence allowance and temporary suspension from participation in all activities of the Parliament — Freedom of expression — Obligation to state reasons — Error of law)’

2018/C 249/30Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Janusz Korwin-Mikke (Józefów, Poland) (represented by: M. Cherchi and A. Daoût, lawyers)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: S. Alonso de León and S. Seyr, acting as Agents)

Re:

First, action brought under Article 263 TFEU and seeking annulment of the decision of the President of the Parliament of 5 July 2016 and of the decision of the Bureau of the Parliament of 1 August 2016 imposing on the applicant the penalty of forfeiture of entitlement to the subsistence allowance for a period of ten days and temporary suspension from participation in all activities of the Parliament for a period of five consecutive days and, second, action brought under Article 268 TFEU and seeking damages for the harm allegedly suffered by the applicant as a result of those decisions.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Annuls the decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 1 August 2016;

2.

Dismisses the claim for damages;

3.

Orders Mr Janusz Korwin-Mikke and the Parliament each to bear their own respective costs.


( 1 ) OJ C 6, 9.1.2017.

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