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Parliament’s Bureau unanimously confirms fines and suspensions for MEPs Korwin-Mikke and Buonanno

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8247967f-3046-4743-878b-f6f3e9b97b31The European Parliament Bureau, consisting of its president and 14 vice presidents, decided on Monday evening (26 October) to confirm the sanctions which Parliament’s President imposed on Polish MEP Janusz Korwin-Mikke  and Italian MEP Gianluca Buonanno on 14 October.    

Messrs Korwin-Mikke and Buonanno have been suspended from participating in all activities of Parliament's official bodies for ten consecutive days (without prejudice to the right to vote in plenary) and will have to pay a fine of €3,060 (equal to ten daily subsistence allowances).

During the July 2015 plenary session, Korwin-Mikke raised his arm in a Nazi salute and said "This time it is ein Reich, ein Volk, ein Ticket," in protest against an EU-wide transport ticket. Also, during a debate on 8 September, he referred to migrants as "human garbage".

At the 6 October plenary sitting, Buonanno wore a T-shirt bearing an image of Chancellor Merkel combined with parts of an image of Adolf Hitler. On the following day, during a debate with Chancellor Merkel and French President Holland, he sported a fake moustache evocative of Adolf Hitler and made a Nazi salute.

In both cases these are not the first such incidents.

The sanctions were communicated to the two members yesterday evening and announced to the plenary. The suspensions will enter into force on Tuesday, and will last until 11 November inclusive.

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