1. 

Appeal – Grounds – Inadequate statement of reasons – Separate ground from the one concerning substantive legality

(Art. 296 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 36 and 58, first para.)

(see paragraph 25)

2. 

Appeal – Grounds – Inadequate statement of reasons – Reliance by the General Court on implied reasoning – Whether permissible – Conditions

(Art. 256(1), second subpara., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 36 and 58, first para.)

(see paragraphs 26, 27)

3. 

Application for interim relief – Conditions of admissibility – Admissibility of main application – Irrelevance – Limits

(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the Court, Art. 160(3))

(see paragraph 42)

4. 

Appeal – Grounds – Incorrect assessment of the facts and evidence – Inadmissibility – Review by the Court of the assessment of the facts and evidence – Possible only where the facts or evidence have been distorted – Ground of appeal alleging distortion of the evidence – Need to indicate precisely the evidence alleged to have been distorted and show the errors of appraisal which led to that distortion – Requirement that the distortion be obvious from the documents in the file

(Art. 256(1), second subpara., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)

(see paragraphs 50, 51)

5. 

Application for interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Burden of proof – Decision excluding a Member of the European Parliament from the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group – No risk of adverse effects on the functions of the mandate

(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the Court, Art. 160(3))

(see paragraphs 54-56)

6. 

Application for interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Prima facie case – Urgency – Cumulative nature – Particularly strong prima facie case – No impact on the obligation to examine urgency separately

(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the Court, Art. 160(3))

(see paragraphs 68, 69)

7. 

Appeal – Grounds – Plea raised for the first time in the context of the appeal – Inadmissibility

(Art. 256(1), second subpara., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)

(see paragraph 73)

8. 

Application for interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Burden of proof

(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the Court, Art. 160(3))

(see paragraph 78)

1. 

The appeal is dismissed.

2. 

Mr Jean-Lin Lacapelle shall pay the costs relating to the appeal proceedings.