Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Isernia (Italy) lodged on 2 April 2010 - Criminal proceedings against Aldo Patriciello
(Case C-163/10)
Language of the case: Italian
Referring court
Tribunale di Isernia
Party to the main proceedings
Aldo Patriciello
Question referred
Do the facts construed in abstracto as a criminal offence committed by Aldo Patriciello - a Member of the European Parliament, described in the indictment and in favour of whom the European Parliament adopted a decision on 5 May 2009 to support a defence of immunity - which is categorised as slander under Article 368 of the Penal Code correspond to the expression of an opinion in the performance of parliamentary duties for the purposes of Article 9 of the Protocol of 8 April 1965 on the privileges and immunities of the European Communities?
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