MEPs lift immunity from Polish far-right leader charged with Holocaust denial
Grzegorz Braun was already charged with genocide denial in another case.
On Tuesday, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted to waive the parliamentary immunity of Polish far-right MEP Grzegorz Braun, who faces Holocaust denial charges in Poland. Braun, head of the ultranationalist Confederation of the Polish Crown (KKP) party, is accused of denying the genocide committed by Nazi Germany at Auschwitz during a public debate in Warsaw in September 2025.
He was also charged with genocide denial in a separate case after making similar claims in a July 2025 radio interview. If convicted, Braun faces up to three years in prison. The European Parliament lifted Braun's immunity for this case in March last year, and the vote on Tuesday paves the way for Polish authorities to pursue the additional charges.
Despite winning 6.3% of the vote in Poland's 2025 presidential election, Braun's KKP party polls around 8% ahead in the run-up to next year's parliamentary election, potentially playing a pivotal role between the right-wing Law and Justice party and Prime Minister Donald Tusk's ruling coalition. The European Parliament has previously waived Braun's immunity for various allegations, including assaulting a doctor and extinguishing the candles of a menorah during a Hanukkah celebration.
Following the vote, Braun humorously commented on X that he had lost count of how many cases his immunity had been lifted for, but did not respond to a request for further comment.
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