Judgment_paragraph 73 · KN v European Parliament (T-401/21)

73However, in order to assess whether there has been a breach of the principle of the presumption of innocence, the case-law has emphasised the importance of taking into account the real meaning of the statements in question and not their literal form, and the particular circumstances in which they were made (see, to that effect, judgment of 8 July 2008, Franchet and Byk v Commission, T‑48/05, EU:T:2008:257, paragraph 211 and the case-law cited).