A significant development has unfolded at the European level concerning MEP Afroditi Latinopoulou, as the European Parliament’s plenary session approved the lifting of her parliamentary immunity on Tuesday. The decision was taken following a formal request from Greek judicial authorities and clears the way for further investigation of the case by the Greek justice system.
According to the report adopted by the European Parliament, on December 11, 2025, the Deputy Prosecutor of the Supreme Court forwarded a request from the Athens Court of First Instance Prosecutor’s Office seeking the lifting of Ms. Latinopoulou’s immunity. The investigation concerns alleged acts related to the forgery and use of false documents, as well as ongoing electoral fraud against voters. According to the Greek authorities’ request, the incidents under investigation are alleged to have taken place between 2023 and June 2024.
What the European Parliament decided regarding Afroditi Latinopoulou
At the center of the case is, among other things, the founding process of the political party “VOICE OF REASON” (Foni Logikis). As recorded in the European report, Greek authorities are examining allegations that the party’s establishment may not have been carried out in full compliance with Greek legislation.
Among the requirements stipulated by the relevant legislation is the signing of the founding declaration by at least 200 citizens who hold the right to vote.
According to the information included in the Greek authorities’ request, a portion of the signatures on the founding declaration are alleged to have been fictitious or forged. In parallel, investigators are examining whether the case has implications for issues relating to state funding of the party, its operations following its establishment, and its participation in the 2023 national elections and the 2024 European elections.
Parliamentary immunity lifted
With the plenary vote, the European Parliament has lifted the MEP’s parliamentary immunity. Additionally, the Parliament’s President is called upon to transmit the decision without delay — along with the report of the competent parliamentary committee — to the relevant Greek authorities, as well as to Ms. Latinopoulou herself. The lifting of immunity does not constitute a ruling on the substance of the allegations, but allows the competent Greek judicial authorities to proceed unimpeded with the investigation of the case.
The origins of the Latinopoulou & Bogdanos dispute
The case originated in November 2024, when K. Bogdanos filed a criminal complaint against A. Latinopoulou, alleging that forged signatures had been used in the party’s founding declaration. The complaint was co-signed by two other members of “Voice of Reason.” According to statements made by Mr. Bogdanos at the time, the competent authorities were urged to urgently verify the authenticity of the names and signatures submitted during the party’s founding, with claims that some of them did not correspond to real individuals.
Who was called to testify
The Athens Prosecutor’s Office proceeded to evaluate the case file and assigned the matter to an investigating magistrate. As part of the investigation, Konstantinos Bogdanos and members who are alleged to have signed the founding declaration were called to testify. During the examination of the evidence, several inaccuracies in the signature list were reportedly identified. Following the completion of the preliminary proceedings, a case file was formally compiled and referred back to the Prosecutor’s Office. A request was subsequently submitted to the European Parliament for the lifting of Afroditi Latinopoulou’s immunity, in order for criminal proceedings to move forward.
