EU General Court overturns sanction against former MEP Monica Semedo

"Today marks the end of a four-year legal journey of suffering in the face of unjust accusations and a real harassment of me." On Wednesday 12 March, former Member of the European Parliament, Monica Semedo, announced that all the sanctions imposed on her by the European Parliament have been annulled by the Court of Justice of the European Union ...

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The former MEP challenged the sentence of the European Parliament, and the European Court of Justice decided on the sentence on Wednesday.

Brussels, March 12, 2025 (Lusa) -- The General Court of the European Union (EU) decided today to annul the declaration of harassment and the sanction applied to former Luxembourgish MEP of Cape Verdean origin Monica Semedo on the grounds that her defense rights were not respected. In an information released today by the court of first instance, it reads that “the declaration of harassment and the sanction imposed by the president of the [Europea…

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