Cases T-804/22 to T-809/22 and T-811/22 to T-826/22: Order of the General Court of 25 March 2025 – Gemelli and Others v Parliament (Law governing the institutions – Single Statute for Members of the European Parliament – Members of the European Parliament elected in Italian constituencies – Adoption by the Ufficio di Presidenza della Camera dei deputati (Office of the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Italy) of Decision No 150/2022 on pensions – Change in the amounts of the pensions of members of the Italian Parliament – Corresponding change, by the European Parliament, in the amounts of the pensions of certain former Members of the European Parliament elected in Italy – Competence of the author of the act – Obligation to state reasons – Acquired rights – Legal certainty – Legitimate expectations – Right to property – Manifest lack of jurisdiction in part – Action in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
Date: 2025-03-25
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Italy, Member of Parliament, Member of the European Parliament, equal treatment, jurisdiction, pension scheme, principle of legal certainty, principle of proportionality, right to property








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C/2025/3295


24.6.2025






Order of the General Court of 25 March 2025 – Gemelli and Others v Parliament


(Cases T-804/22 to T-809/22 and T-811/22 to T-826/22)
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(Law governing the institutions - Single Statute for Members of the European Parliament - Members of the European Parliament elected in Italian constituencies - Adoption by the Ufficio di Presidenza della Camera dei deputati (Office of the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Italy) of Decision No 150/2022 on pensions - Change in the amounts of the pensions of members of the Italian Parliament - Corresponding change, by the European Parliament, in the amounts of the pensions of certain former Members of the European Parliament elected in Italy - Competence of the author of the act - Obligation to state reasons - Acquired rights - Legal certainty - Legitimate expectations - Right to property - Manifest lack of jurisdiction in part - Action in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
(C/2025/3295)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant in Case T-804/22: Vitaliano Gemelli (Rome, Italy) (represented by: M. Merola, lawyer)

Applicant in Case T-805/22: Carlo Alberto Graziani (Fiesole, Italy) (represented by: M. Merola, lawyer)

Applicant in Case T-806/22: Francesco Iacono (Forio, Italy) (represented by: M. Merola, lawyer)

Applicant in Case T-807/22: Raffaele Lombardo (Catania, Italy) (represented by: M. Merola, lawyer)

Applicant in Case T-808/22: Mario Mantovani (Arconate, Italy) (represented by: M. Merola, lawyer)

Applicant in Case T-809/22: Pasqualina Napoletano (Anzio, Italy) (represented by: M. Merola, lawyer)

Applicant in Case T-811/22: Luciano Pettinari (Rome) (represented by: M. Merola, lawyer)

Applicant in Case T-812/22: Vincenzo Viola (Palermo, Italy) (represented by: M. Merola, lawyer)

Applicant in Case T-813/22: Luciana Sbarbati (Chiaravalle, Italy) (represented by: M. Merola, lawyer)

Applicant in Case T-814/22: Riccardo Ventre (Formicola, Italy) (represented by: M. Merola, lawyer)

Applicant in Case T-815/22: Vincenzo Aita (Campagna, Italy) (represented by: M. Merola, lawyer)

Applicant in Case T-816/22: Aldo Arroni (Milan, Italy) (represented by: M. Merola, lawyer)

Applicant in Case T-817/22: Vito Bonsignore (Turin, Italy) (represented by: M. Merola, lawyer)

Applicant in Case T-818/22: Giorgio Carollo (Torri di Quartesolo, Italy) (represented by: M. Merola, lawyer)

Applicant in Case T-819/22: Anna Catasta (Milan) (represented by: M. Merola, lawyer)

Applicant in Case T-820/22: Maria Teresa Coppo Gavazzi (Milan) (represented by: M. Merola, lawyer)

Applicant in Case T-821/22: Maria Di Meo (Cellole, Italy) (represented by: M. Merola, lawyer)

Applicant in Case T-822/22: Pietro Di Prima (Palermo) (represented by: M. Merola, lawyer)

Applicant in Case T-823/22: Olivier Dupuis (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: M. Merola, lawyer)

Applicant in Case T-824/22: Livio Filippi (Carpi, Italy) (represented by: M. Merola, lawyer)

Applicant in Case T-825/22: Fiammetta Cucurnia, as heir of Mr Giulietto Chiesa (Rome) (represented by: M. Merola, lawyer)

Applicant in Case T-826/22: Giorgio Gallenzi, as heir of Mr Giulio Cesare Gallenzi (Rome) (represented by: M. Merola, lawyer)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: S. Seyr and S. Alves, Agents)

Re:

By their actions under Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek the annulment of the decisions of 12 October 2022 (Cases T-804/22 to T-809/22 and T-811/22 to T-824/22) and of 28 November 2022 (Cases T-825/22 and T-826/22) of the Head of the Members’ Salaries and Social Entitlement Unit of the European Parliament’s Directorate-General (DG) for Finance concerning the adjustment of their pensions or those of their relative, following the adoption of Decision No 150/2022 of 3 March 2022 of the Ufficio di Presidenza della Camera dei deputati (Office of the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Italy).

Operative part of the order







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Cases T-804/22 to T-809/22 and T-811/22 to T-826/22 are joined for the purposes of the order.










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The actions are dismissed, in part, as manifestly falling outside the General Court’s jurisdiction and, in part, as manifestly lacking any foundation in law.










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Mr Vitaliano Gemelli, Mr Carlo Alberto Graziani, Mr Francesco Iacono, Mr Raffaele Lombardo, Mr Mario Mantovani, Ms Pasqualina Napoletano, Mr Luciano Pettinari, Mr Vincenzo Viola, Ms Luciana Sbarbati, Mr Riccardo Ventre, Mr Vincenzo Aita, Mr Aldo Arroni, Mr Vito Bonsignore, Mr Giorgio Carollo, Ms Anna Catasta, Ms Maria Teresa Coppo Gavazzi, Ms Maria Di Meo, Mr Pietro Di Prima, Mr Olivier Dupuis, Mr Livio Filippi, Ms Fiammetta Cucurnia and Mr Giorgio Gallenzi are ordered to pay the costs.






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            OJ C 94, 13.3.2023.


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