Action brought on 29 January 2007 - Kronberger v European Parliament
(Case T-18/07)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Hans Kronberger (Vienna, Austria) (represented by: W.L. Weh, lawyer)
Defendant: European Parliament
Form of order sought
Annul the decision of the Parliament to declare the mandate of one of its Members valid, by reason of its nullity;
order the Parliament to pay the applicant's standard costs.
Grounds and principal arguments
The applicant stood for election to the European Parliament in the European Parliament elections which were held on 13 June 2004 in Austria.
By the present action, he challenges the decision of the European Parliament of 28 April 2005, according to which the applicant's challenge to the validity of the mandate of one of its Members is to be regarded as unfounded.
In support of his claim, the applicant submits in particular that the Austrian rules on allocation of preferential votes are incompatible with Article 1 of the Act concerning the election of the representatives of the Assembly by direct universal suffrage
1 and are thus contrary to Community law.