On 19 December 2019, the European Court of Justice issued its ruling in the case of Oriol Junqueras Vies, the former vice president of Carles Puigdemont’s secessionist regional government of Catalonia. Mr Junqueras had been elected a member of the European Parliament while in preliminary detention for offences related to the unconstitutional Catalan independence referendum of 2017. He was refused prison leave to take the formal oath in front of the central electoral commission as required under Spanish law. Pursuant to the Spanish electoral code, failure to take the oath results in a mandatory declaration of vacancy and thus the forfeiture of the parliamentary mandate. Consequently, Mr Junqueras did not acquire the status of member of the European Parliament according to Spanish law. Mr Junqueras complained against the decision not to grant him leave, arguing that, following his election, he was entitled to parliamentary immunity pursuant to Article 9 of the Protocol (No. 7) on Privileges and Immunities of the European Union (hereinafter ‘the Protocol’). The term ‘parliamentary immunity’ is an umbrella term that covers two distinct types of immunity: the first is ‘non-accountability’, freedom of speech

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欧洲议会授权的断层线：Oriol Junqueras Vies 的豁免权：ECJ 2019 年 12 月 19 日，案例 C-502/19，Junqueras，ECLI:EU:C:2019:1115

2019 年 12 月 19 日，欧洲法院就 Carles Puigdemont 的加泰罗尼亚分离主义地区政府前副总统 Oriol Junqueras Vies 一案作出裁决。容克拉斯先生在因与 2017 年违宪的加泰罗尼亚独立公投相关的罪行而被初步拘留期间被选为欧洲议会议员。 根据西班牙法律的要求，他在中央选举委员会面前正式宣誓时被拒绝服刑。根据西班牙选举法，不宣誓将导致强制宣布空缺，从而丧失议会授权。因此，根据西班牙法律，容克拉斯先生没有获得欧洲议会议员的地位。Junqueras先生抱怨该决定不授予他离开，争论在选举之后，他有权根据“欧洲联盟特权和豁免权”（以下简称“议定书）第9条（第7号）第9条（以下简称）议定书'）。“议会豁免”一词是一个涵盖两种不同类型豁免的总称：第一种是“不负责任”，即言论自由