Poland’s Minister of Justice Adam Bodnar reported on X.“Today I signed two more requests to lift the immunity of Mr. Grzegorz Braun in connection with his abuses. They will be officially announced tomorrow,” he stated.The minister added that the MEP faces criminal liability for 17 offenses.In particular, the European Parliament will be informed about the charges against Braun for:stealing the Ukrainian flag from the administrative building of the Biała Podlaska city hall;stealing the EU flag from the lobby of the Ministry of Industry in Katowice;destroying an exhibition dedicated to the LGBT+ community in the main hall of the Sejm;public defamation of the organizers of a social campaign during presidential debates.“The excesses of MEP Grzegorz Braun illustrate his demonstrative disregard for legal and social norms, as well as the democratic rules of the state. Such behavior will not go unpunished,” Bodnar emphasized.What is known about Grzegorz BraunPolish MP from the far-right Confederation of the Polish Crown party Grzegorz Braun made headlines in December 2023 during a session of the Polish Sejm: he grabbed a fire extinguisher in the chamber and extinguished a Hanukkah menorah during the approval of the new government.On June 4, 2024, Braun removed a Ukrainian flag from the Kościuszko Mound in Kraków, claiming it was placed “in an inappropriate location.”The head of the Lublin branch of the Confederation party, Rafał Mekler, was one of the leaders of the carriers’ protest at the border with Ukraine. Grzegorz Braun had previously called to “stop the Banderization of Poland” and stated that “Germans and Jews will not teach us history.”At the same time, during a special session of the European Parliament in Brussels on January 29, dedicated to International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Braun began shouting, “Let us pray for the victims of the Jewish genocide in Gaza.”