When in June 2024 the Amnesty law came into effect, some jurists pointed out that certain judges would apply “delaying tactics” so that the promoters of the procés would not benefit before serving a large part of the disqualification imposed by the sentence, a…
For almost two years, in the media, political talk shows, and even parliamentary debate, it has been repeated that the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) held in its hands the future of the Amnesty law approved in 2024 by the General Courts to “the…
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 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.
The Central Electoral Board (JEC) demanded this Thursday to strengthen controls over the assignment of the electoral municipality of Spaniards naturalized under the so-called ‘grandchildren law’ and ordered the preparation of an instruction that unifies the criteria used by the consulates to decide the district in which they are registered.
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has just endorsed the Amnesty law for people convicted, prosecuted, and charged for the secessionist process of Catalonia, the most unique declaration of independence in the history of Europe, perhaps of the entire planet,…
A matter of nuances. The Deputy Operational Director of the Civil Guard, Manuel Llamas, that is, the highest uniformed officer of the corps, has admitted to the judge of the National Court Santiago Pedraz that he asked the UCO not to be “proactive” in judicial cases although he denies telling his superiors to take a back seat.
The amnesty law approved two years ago has benefited a total of 403 people, of whom 181 are protesters or pro-independence activists, 158 police officers, and 64 political officials, according to data from the lawyers’ platform Alerta Solidària. Two years later, a total of 93 political officials are still awaiting its application. These are the cases that were pending resolution by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which ruled in their favor this Thursday. Among them are Carles Puigdemont, Toni Comín, and Lluís Puig, declared in rebellion and with an arrest warrant issued by the Supreme Court; as well as Oriol Junqueras, Jordi Turull, Raül Romeva, and Dolors Bassa, who were pardoned from the prison sentence for the crime of sedition for which they were convicted, but not from the sentence for embezzlement, which involved disqualification from holding public office.
La Audiencia Provincial de Madrid has confirmed that it sends Begoña Gómez, wife of the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, to trial before a jury court for the crimes of embezzlement and influence peddling, both subject to being tried by a popular jury.
