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The PP has reacted immediately to the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the Amnesty Law by showing “absolute respect.” “The PP does not interpret rulings based on whether they like them more or less,” sources from the Popular Party say. However, the PP leadership warns that this is not the “end of the debate” because now the Spanish courts have the power to directly apply the Amnesty Law. Additionally, the PP maintains its rejection of “criminal privileges” for the separatists.

“It was worth it, it is worth it, today is a great day,” said the Minister of the Presidency and Justice, Félix Bolaños, after the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) endorsed the Amnesty law this Thursday, thus taking a step further to pave the way for the return of Carles Puigdemont, almost ten years after the Catalan independence process began.

The leadership of Junts per Catalunya has demanded this Thursday that the Constitutional Court address the protection appeals of the independence leaders that have been on its desk for a year and resolve them “before going on vacation” following the endorsement of the Amnesty law by the European justice system.

The president of Esquerra Republicana, Oriol Junqueras, has celebrated the endorsement of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for the Amnesty law. In the words of the republican leader, it is a “great political victory for the independence movement and democrats.” After the European court’s ruling, Junqueras called on the Spanish courts to apply the law “without further delay”: “There are no more excuses. Rights must be restored, exiles must return, and it is necessary for the State to close this chapter after almost 10 years.”

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has endorsed this Thursday the Amnesty law approved by the Congress in 2024 in response to the preliminary questions raised about criminal oblivion by both the Court of Auditors and the National Court, regarding the possibility of amnestying embezzlement crimes, on the one hand, and terrorism, on the other. The CJEU must indicate whether the rule approved by the Congress in 2024 is compatible with the EU legal framework.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) endorses the amnesty law by considering that it does not affect European interests nor is it contrary to the European directive on terrorism. This was announced in the reading of the ruling of a judgment that comes a year and a half after the Court of Auditors and the National Court submitted the preliminary questions to the court based in Luxembourg.

Let’s avoid the sweats associated with bad news. We already have enough with the Egyptian summer we have to endure. Let’s cool down with an article of measured complacency with the Government. Watch out, do not confuse it with enthusiasm! Experience advises always taking the pill of…

The ruling of the EU Court of Justice on the amnesty for the leaders of the procés is the culmination of the growing confrontation between Pedro Sánchez’s Government and the judiciary. The Executive barely hides it anymore and accuses some judges of acting in a twisted manner, driven by political motives. On the other side, magistrates holding positions in high courts and conservative judges’ associations consider themselves attacked in their independence. They even see themselves as the last defenders of the State against a Government they consider populist and capable of fostering the breakup of the State and the degradation of institutions in order to stay in power.

The leader of Junts Carles Puigdemont awaits the ruling to be announced this Thursday from the European justice system regarding the amnesty to reactivate his return to Spain in the courts. However, whatever the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) says, the expectation is that the return of the former president of the Generalitat will still have to wait a few months. According to legal sources, the national arrest warrant against him will not be revoked until the Constitutional Court (TC) rules, presumably in October, on the appeal he filed against the decision of the Supreme Court (TS) judge Pablo Llarena not to apply the amnesty to him.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) will issue a ruling this Thursday on the Amnesty law in response to the preliminary questions raised about criminal forgetfulness by both the Court of Auditors and the National Court, regarding the possibility of amnestying the crimes of embezzlement and terrorism. The CJEU must determine whether the rule approved by Congress in 2024 is compatible with the EU legal framework.