Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2025:698
Date: 2025-07-09
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Procedure: Action for annulment - successful
Origin: Belgium

Judgment of the General Court of 9 July 2025 – Kaili v Parliament (Case T-1031/23) 1 (Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Documents concerning alleged irregularities in the management of allowances relating to accredited parliamentary assistants – Refusal to grant access – Exception relating to the protection of court proceedings – Principles of equality of arms and the sound administration of justice) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Eva Kaili (Ixelles, Belgium) (represented by: S. Pappas, D.-A. Pappa, and A. Pappas, lawyers) Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: N. Lorenz, M. Windisch and J.-C. Puffer, acting as Agents) Re: By her action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the European Parliament of 31 July 2023 rejecting her confirmatory application for access to documents. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Annuls the decision of the European Parliament of 31 July 2023 rejecting the confirmatory application for access to documents submitted by Ms Eva Kaili; Orders the Parliament to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Ms Kaili. ____________ 1 OJ C, C/2023/1172, 4.12.2023.