In Russia Spy Case, European Parliament Member Loses Immunity
- EU Assembly forces Hungary's Kovacs to face investigation
- Hungarian prosecutors motivated by `reasonable suspicions'
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The European Parliament stripped one of its members of his immunity so Hungarian prosecutors can pursue an inquiry into whether he spied for Russia.
The European Union assembly lifted the immunity of Bela Kovacs, who belongs to Hungary’s radical nationalist Jobbik party. A spokeswoman for the EU Parliament said she knows of no other immunity case in the assembly’s history involving espionage.