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Both Junts and the PSOE –also Esquerra Republicana– expected a ruling that would endorse the Amnesty law in European justice, but sharing that goal does not bring the positions of the two political groups closer. From JxCat they emphasized this Friday that nothing changes in the political sphere, although within the socialist ranks they hoped that a favorable ruling and a possible return of the party leader, Carles Puigdemont, could help build bridges and grease again a relationship that has not flowed since last autumn. “This changes nothing,” said today the secretary general of JxCat, Jordi Turull, who made it clear that he has not spoken with the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and that they do not plan to do so.

The Minister of Transport, the socialist Óscar Puente, spoke out this Friday about the CJEU rulings that the day before endorsed the amnesty. “They are very serious, not only because they highlight the legal error made by the Supreme Court or the National Court when arguing that the Amnesty law violates community law, which had no basis, but because they prove that there is a part of the judiciary in Spain that does not respect the legitimacy of the legislative power, and believes it is above it to say what can or cannot be legislated,” he warned on RNE.

The Deputy Operational Director (DAO) of the Civil Guard, Manuel Llamas, is giving many explanations. Yesterday he testified before the judge of the National Court Santiago Pedraz as a suspect for the alleged crimes of obstruction of justice and malfeasance in the so-called Leire case, the PSOE plumber, for more than two hours.

The Government of Pedro Sánchez insists on celebrating the endorsement of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to the Amnesty law as the explicit confirmation of the goal of its “brave and risky policies” for “reconciliation,” and to “appease” the institutional and social conflict that erupted in Catalonia in 2017 with the independence process. “Reconciliation has been achieved,” highlighted this Friday the Minister of the Presidency and Justice, Félix Bolaños, in an interview on Ser.

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.