| Series Title | European Voice |
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| Series Details | 09/11/00, Volume 6, Number 41 |
| Publication Date | 09/11/2000 |
| Content Type | News |
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Date: 09/11/00 The time-honoured tradition that politicians can say whatever they like about each other has been upheld by the Parliament, which is protecting one of its vice-presidents from a slander charge. The Portuguese authorities had called for centre-right MEP José Pacheco Pereira's parliamentary immunity to be lifted after he said of a political opponent on a television debate that “she has explained that she is not that interested in truth: what she is interested in are her grievances”. The victim of Pacheco's tongue-lashing claimed that this constituted a “crime of aggravated thorough-going slander”, but MEPs declined to clear the way for a prosecution on the grounds that all is fair in love and politics. |
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| Countries / Regions | Portugal |
