The POSITION OF the PLACE of the OFFENCE, a MEMBER of PARLIAMENT IN CONNECTION WITH the applicability of IMMUNITY (JUDGMENT DATED 24.02.2009 IN the CASE of "the CGIL AND COFFERATI (C. G. I. L. AND COFFERATI) AGAINST ITALY")

The European court of human rights considered the application of the "CGIL and cofferati (C. G. I. L. and Cofferati) against Italy, in which he formulated the basic approaches to resolving the question of the possibility of coverage of the parliamentary immunity of the publication of a member of Parliament. The court found significant the following circumstances: 1) did you discuss the issue covered in the publication in the Parliament's plenary session, 2) voiced the position of Deputy in the Parliament. The conclusion of the court: if the member has not exercised his right to a parliamentary debate, but later expressed his opinion in the media, this publication is not covered by parliamentary immunity.