MEPs in the legal affairs committee on Monday (28 February) voted unanimously against a request by German prosecutors to lift the immunity of centre-right veteran euro-deputy Elmar Brok in a tax blunder. Mr Brok maintains it was a one-off and he has already paid the €2,300 due six years ago.
"Our committee members voted unanimously, across the board, against lifting the immunity of Mr Brok," Klaus-Heiner Lehne, the chairman of the legal affairs committee told this website after the meet...
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