European Parliament Lifts Immunity of Greek MEP Afroditi Latinopoulou

The European Parliament has voted to lift the parliamentary immunity of Greek MEP Afroditi Latinopoulou, allowing legal proceedings against her in Greece to move forward.

The decision follows a request from the Athens prosecutor’s office concerning a lawsuit filed by former SYRIZA MEP Dimitris Papadimoulis.

The case centres on a post published by Latinopoulou on X, formerly Twitter, in June 2020, in which she criticised Papadimoulis and other political figures over what she described as their contribution to public disillusionment with politics.

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In the same post, Latinopoulou alleged that Papadimoulis had accumulated wealth through illegitimate means despite entering politics with nothing.

Papadimoulis subsequently pursued legal action, with his lawyers arguing that the allegations damaged his personal reputation and constituted an insult to his personality.

Latinopoulou leads the right-wing Voice of Reason party and represents Greece in the European Parliament.

With her parliamentary immunity now lifted, the case will be examined by the Greek judicial authorities, which will determine the legal implications of the allegations.

The European Parliament’s decision does not establish guilt or determine the outcome of the case.

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