Partant de ces constats, la Cour estime que la notion d’« opinion » pouvant déclencher l’immunité doit être comprise dans un sens large, comme recouvrant les propos qui, par leur contenu, correspondent à des assertions constitutives d’appréciations subjectives.
On the basis of those findings, the Court considers that the concept of an ‘opinion’ capable of attracting immunity must be understood in a wide sense to include remarks that, by their content, correspond to assertions amounting to subjective appraisal.