MEP Grzegorz Braun: I was excluded from the European Parliament until autumn

MEP Grzegorz Braun announced that for the next six months, until autumn, he was excluded from plenary meetings of the European Parliament. The European Parliament imposed on him a penalty for disturbing the minute of silence while commemorating the victims of the Holocaust.

– I received a judgment of February 19, which will operate for the next six months; Until autumn, I am excluded from the plenary meetings of the European Parliament – said a politician in a video published on Facebook. – This is information for those who noted my incidental here, never longer than a few dozen seconds counting presence – added a former confederation politician, currently non -attached MEP.

Braun disrupted the occasional meeting of the European Parliament on January 29 devoted to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust. During a minute of silence, he shouted several times: – Pray for the victims of Jewish genocide in Gaza. At the request of the chairwoman of the European Parliament Roberta MetSola He was excluded from the meeting and led out of the room in the Parliamentary Guard escort.

Braun about “certain financial penalties”

Braun, citing the letter he received from the head of the EP, announced that its exclusion from the meeting would last 30 days. Considering that the EP is usually gathered once a month for four days, this is to mean that Braun will be able to return to meetings only in autumn. As the politician added, exclusion from the meeting is accompanied by “certain financial penalties”, adding that they are “original”.

“There is a lack of repentance against me and the fact that I am a recidivist,” Braun said, referring to the punishment that in February the Chamber imposed on him in connection with his statement during the debates over the Hungarian law prohibiting the promotion of sex and homosexuality in schools. The MEP said: – How many sex is there? Men, women and people with personality disorders. “

For that statement, Braun was deprived of the right to participate in the deliberations for two days, and he was not paid for this period.

Excluded from the confederation

According to the information on the PE website, the MEP's daily diet is 350 euros. It is a lump sum covering accommodation, meals and other expenses at a time when the MEP works in the European Parliament. The daytime diet is a salary allowance.

Braun was removed on January 17, 2025 by a party court from the ranks of the confederation, due to the fact that two days earlier he announced his start in the presidential election contrary to the party's recommendation for Sławomir Mentzen's candidacy.