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The European Parliament rejected the Hungarian government's request to lift the immunities of MEPs Péter Magyar, Ilaria Salis and Klára Dobrev in a tense vote on Tuesday.
The Hungarian authorities requested that their immunity be lifted as part of legal actions against the MEPs.
Parliament's lawmakers rejected the requests of Hungarian authorities to waive the immunity of Hungary’s opposition leader Péter Magyar, who currently leads Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in opinion polls ahead of next year’s elections in Hungary.
The Parliament's legal committee JURI recommended this step prior to the vote, highlighting doubts that Magyar could have a fair trial in Hungary. The lawmakers voted by a show of hands to reject Hungary’s request as it sought legal proceedings against Magyar, a member of the EPP political group.
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