Order of the President of the General Court of 30 July 2021 – Puigdemont i Casamajó and Others v Parliament

(Case T-272/21 R)

(Interim relief – Institutional law – Member of Parliament – Privileges and immunities – Waiver of the parliamentary immunity of a Member of the Parliament – Application for suspension of operation of a measure – No urgency)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicants: Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó (Waterloo, Belgium), Antoni Comín i Oliveres (Leuven, Belgium), Clara Ponsatí i Obiols (Leuven) (represented by: P. Bekaert, G. Boye, J. Costa i Rosselló and S. Bekaert, lawyers)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: N. Lorenz, N. Görlitz and T. Lukácsi, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: S. Centeno Huerta, acting as Agent)

Re:

Application under Articles 278 and 279 TFEU for the suspension of operation of decisions P9_TA(2021)0059, P9_TA(2021)0060 and P9_TA(2021)0061 of the Parliament of 9 March 2021 on the request for waiver of the applicants’ immunity.

Operative part of the order

The application for interim measures is dismissed.

The order of 2 June 2021, Puigdemont i Casamajó and Others v Parliament (T-272/21 R) is set aside.

The costs of the main parties are reserved.

The Kingdom of Spain shall bear its own costs.

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