"I don't want to avoid trial. In fact, I want to be tried. But not in Hungary, where it would be a political trial, where the verdict is already written. I want to be tried in my country. In Italy. I have faith in the judiciary. I have faith in the Italian judiciary."
Thus Ilaria Salis , to the Corriere della Sera, on the eve of the vote by the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament on the request to revoke her immunity.
The fate of the AVS MEP in Brussels is currently unclear. The vote will not be final: the final decision will be up to the plenary, a step that will almost certainly take place in the first week of October, regardless of the outcome of Tuesday's vote. However, the plenary session traditionally upholds the committee's opinion, which is why the MEP— accused of attacking neo-Nazi protesters in Hungary —knows she faces a key challenge in the coming hours . The numbers are not currently favorable. Eleven out of 25 MEPs have declared themselves ready to defend her immunity.
(Unioneonline)
