Overview

• European lawmakers voted 306–305 with 17 abstentions to maintain Salis’s parliamentary immunity, halting a prosecution in Hungary.
• Ilaria Salis publicly urged Justice Minister Carlo Nordio to enable a trial in Italy, and her lawyers asked the ministry to act on her request.
• Protocol No. 7 and Article 9 of Italy’s penal code block proceedings in Hungary but allow an Italian case without a parliamentary authorization to open it.
• Any move in Italy would require a formal request to the Milan prosecutor and cooperation with Hungarian authorities under EU rules, and Budapest has not said whether it will annul its case.
• Legal experts note an Italian prosecution could invoke ne bis in idem and prevent a later Hungarian trial; her lawyer expects a personal injury charge, far below the lengthy prison terms pursued in Hungary.