Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2023:190
Date: 2023-03-09
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Tenth Chamber
Subject matter: Provisions governing the Institutions
Procedure: Action for annulment;Appeal - unfounded
Origin: Spain;United Kingdom

Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 9 March 2023 – Gerardo Galeote (C-715/21 P), Graham Watson (C-716/21 P) v European Parliament (Joined Cases C-715/21 P and C-716/21 P) 1 (Appeal – Law governing the institutions – Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament – Amendment of the additional voluntary pension scheme – Individual decision fixing additional voluntary pension rights – Plea of illegality – Competence of the Bureau of the Parliament – Rights acquired or in the process of being acquired – Proportionality – Equal treatment – Legal certainty) Language of the case: French Parties Appellants: Gerardo Galeote (C-715/21 P), Graham Watson (C-716/21 P) (represented by: E. Arnaldos Orts, abogado, F. Doumont, avocat, J. Martínez Gimeno and D. Sarmiento Ramírez-Escudero, abogados) Other party to the proceedings: European Parliament (represented by: M. Ecker, N. Görlitz and T. Lazian, acting as Agents) Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the appeals; 2. Orders Mr Gerardo Galeote and Mr Graham Watson to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 37, 24.1.2022.