Overview

• JURI voted 13–12 by secret ballot to advise against lifting Ilaria Salis’s parliamentary immunity over alleged offenses in Budapest.
• The full Parliament is set to decide on 7 October, with a show of hands expected unless a group representing at least 20% of MEPs requests a secret ballot.
• The unusual secrecy and one‑vote margin exposed rifts in the European People’s Party, whose rapporteur Adrián Vázquez Lázara called the outcome a dangerous precedent.
• The Hungarian government condemned the decision, with spokesperson Zoltán Kovács labeling Salis a terrorist, and Budapest may seek review at the EU Court of Justice.
• Salis says she wants to be tried in Italy, and her lawyers urged Justice Minister Carlo Nordio to request domestic proceedings under Italian law.