Overview
- Pérez, a Spanish MEP and leader of Se Acabó La Fiesta, lost his EU legal shield in a hand-raise vote Tuesday in Strasbourg, allowing the Supreme Court to proceed.
- The case centers on posts in the “Alvise Pérez Chat” on Telegram in January–February 2024 that identified prosecutor Susana Gisbert, after which followers sent more than 1,500 insulting messages.
- Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee backed lifting immunity 16–1, saying the alleged acts were not part of parliamentary duties, showed no signs of political persecution, and predated his election.
- The move is procedural and not a finding of guilt, so Pérez keeps his seat, can seek remedies in European courts, and now faces Spanish judicial steps that could include questioning and charges.
- Separately, a civil court in Algeciras ordered him to delete three Telegram posts about the city’s mayor within five days as a precaution, and a second EU request over alleged illegal party financing remains pending.