Bogdan Golik

Bogdan Golik (born on 19 March 1963 in Wrocław)is a Polish politician and FormerMember of the European Parliament for LDwith the Self-Defense and sits on theEuropean Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

Before elected to the European Parliament, he was animal doctor and business advisor.

Initially, he was a non-attached like the other members of his party, but on 1 December 2004, he joined the Socialist Group together with Wiesław Kuc.

He is also a member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).

Allegations of rape, removal of immunity

In December 2005 Golik was accused of raping a Brussels prostitute. Golik claims that he is the victim of a conspiracy. He said the incident is just a provocation resulting from, among the others, actions undertaken by him against the Russia to Germany gas pipeline. On the demand of Golik, the Belgian prosecutor’s office asked the European Parliament to strip Golik of his immunity. On October 3, the Legal Commission of the European Parliament made a decision about stripping Bogdan Golik, a Polish member of the European Parliament, of his immunity. “I’m glad that I will finally be able to testify and defend myself, which would be impossible in case of my being protected by the immunity” – said Golik. He emphasized that he himself asked the Legal Commission to strip him of the immunity.In November 2008 the Royal Prosecutor...
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