Overview
- Salis said a Budapest court informed her that the criminal proceeding was archived after the European Parliament refused to lift her immunity by a single vote.
- Calls have grown for her to face trial in Hungary, with Forza Italia Giovani leader Simone Leoni urging her to renounce immunity, and she replied that only Parliament can remove it and that the case there is now closed.
- Italian authorities could still pursue the allegations at home if the Justice Ministry asks Milan prosecutors to open a case based on crimes allegedly committed abroad by an Italian citizen.
- If Italy does not act during her term, Hungarian prosecutors could try to revive the charges after her mandate ends in 2029 under their own procedures.
- A newly published Parliament decision explains the immunity ruling by citing fumus persecutionis, a finding that the case appeared politically driven given her harsh detention and the lack of similar action against far-right participants at the 2023 rally.