Overview
- The European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee rejected Hungary’s requests to lift the immunities of Péter Magyar, Klára Dobrev and Italian MEP Ilaria Salis.
- Members backing the decision cited that some alleged offenses occurred while the lawmakers already served as MEPs and raised fair‑trial concerns in Salis’s case.
- Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called the outcome “shameful, disgraceful,” and Fidesz MEP Tamás Deutsch accused Brussels of interfering with Hungary’s sovereignty.
- The committee’s vote prevents Hungarian prosecutors from proceeding against the three while their parliamentary protections remain in place.
- Magyar, leader of the Tisza party and Orbán’s chief rival, faces reported charges including a nightclub phone theft and defamation, as polls show his movement gaining ground before the expected April election.