European justice has been clear, without half measures. The amnesty approved in Spain in 2024 to close all judicial cases related to the procés had one goal: to promote “reconciliation” and reduce “institutional and political tensions.”
The question that is in the air, and that remains after almost nine years, is when Carles Puigdemont will return to Spain and whether he will be free or detained upon arrival. For years he was pursued across Europe to be handed over to the Supreme Court, where he had an open case for rebellion. But after almost a decade, things have changed.
The patriotic fanatic is like that partner you sleep with today so there won’t be a next time, but there is. He or she is all heart, you know. Toxic relationships ooze that sticky stuff. There are couples who, when they seem lost in thought looking out the car window…
When the Congress of Deputies approved the Amnesty law in May 2024, we wrote, with candid innocence in this same section, that history would forget the noise generated by the entire debate of this regulation and that the common sense of normalization would prevail…
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) considers that the Amnesty law aims to reduce institutional and political tensions and promote a scenario of “reconciliation.” That was one of the central messages conveyed yesterday in the reading of a ruling that supports the law, dispels much of the doubt about its fit within European Union law, and clears one of the main legal obstacles for the return of former president Carles Puigdemont, Antoni Comín, and Lluís Puig.
Purists get sick to their stomachs.
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reported this Thursday that it found evidence of a bird strike before the tourist helicopter carrying a Catalan family (a couple and their three children) crashed into the Hudson River in New York City in April 2025, causing the death of all six people on board (the family and the aircraft pilot).
Close vote on the silver seats in the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce that ends with a victory for the measure promoted by Josep Santacreu. The president of the institution has gathered the necessary support to advance the proposal that has generated the most division in the institution in recent months. The entity’s plenary approved this Thursday the expansion of the paid seats with a tie of 29 votes in favor and 29 against, which was resolved positively with Santacreu’s casting vote.
The endorsement of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for the amnesty law represents an important support for the Government’s political strategy and strengthens the rule promoted to close the cases arising from the procés. However, Carles Puigdemont’s judicial situation does not change immediately. The deputy director of La Vanguardia, Lola García, explains that the former president remains subject to an arrest warrant in Spain because the Supreme Court continues to consider that the crime of embezzlement cannot be amnestied in his case.
The Trump administration is going to eliminate a policy in place for decades that allowed international students, participants in cultural exchange programs, and journalists to stay in the United States for the time necessary to complete their activity: from now on they will have a limit of four years (240 days for journalists) after which those affected will be forced to request an extension from the federal government.
