27.5.2019

Official Journal of the European Union

C 182/36

(Case T-183/19)

(2019/C 182/40)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Jean-François Jalkh (Gretz-Armainvilliers, France) (represented by: F. Wagner, lawyer)

Defendant: European Parliament

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

—annul the European Parliament’s decision of 31 January 2019 amending that institution’s Rules of Procedure;

—order the European Parliament to pay all the costs of the proceedings.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on five pleas in law.

1.First plea in law, alleging infringement of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union on the ground that the amendment at issue discriminates on the basis of language, which constitutes a failure to observe the principle of linguistic diversity and discourages the French member of the European Parliament from using his mother tongue.

2.Second plea in law, alleging infringement of Article 14 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms as the European Parliament’s new Rules of Procedure discriminate against the applicant, who is a French speaker.

3.Third plea in law, alleging infringement of the Treaty on European Union. In this regard, the applicant claims that, by discriminating against the French language, the European Parliament’s new Rules of Procedure undermine cultural and linguistic diversity within that institution.

4.Fourth plea in law, alleging infringement of Article 18 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union which guarantees the observance of the principle of multilingualism and, therefore, the use of the French language.

5.Fifth plea in law, alleging infringement of Council Regulation No 1 of 15 April 1958 determining the languages to be used by the European Economic Community (OJ, English Special Edition 1952-1958, p. 59).