The mayor, who contributed to organizing the event in an attempt to bypass the rules, was charged with organizing a prohibited parade, and prosecutors sought to impose a fine on him.
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“Considering that, based on the circumstances outlined in the indictment, the assembly organizing authority clearly prohibited holding the assembly based on a provision later recognized as violating EU law, the circumstances described in the prosecutor’s indictment no longer constitute a criminal offense,” the prosecutors’ statement said.
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