Spain lifts arrest warrant for Catalan separatist Carles Puigdemont
- On Tuesday, Spanish Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena revoked the national arrest warrant for Carles Puigdemont, removing a major legal hurdle to the former president of Catalonia returning to Spain after the Constitutional Court endorsed the 2024 amnesty law.
- Previously, the Supreme Court refused to apply the amnesty law covering the "procés" to embezzlement charges, but the Constitutional Court overruled this after upholding an appeal from Bassa, forcing the warrant's cancellation.
- After Madrid invoked the Spanish Constitution in October 2017, Puigdemont fled to Belgium, though he briefly returned to Barcelona in August 2024 for the investiture of Salvador Illa before departing again.
- According to Infobae, Puigdemont will make an "institutional declaration" on Tuesday evening at Waterloo, Belgium, appearing alongside former regional ministers Antoni Com, Llu, and Puig at 6pm CET.
- The adoption of the 2024 amnesty law has opened the prospect of a definitive return for Puigdemont and other independence leaders to Spain, marking a significant shift in legal status for those who fled.
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The Supreme Court has overturned an arrest warrant for former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, paving the way for his return to Spain.
After nine years of exile, Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont can return to Spain. The Supreme Court lifted the arrest warrant against him.
Key figure in Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's second term of office, since the votes of his small party had enabled the socialist leader to invest in 2023 in exchange for the amnesty law for the Catalan leaders, Carles Puigdemont finally had to wait until the end of this mandate in order to be able to benefit from this text. Indeed, it was on the day after Pedro Sánchez called for early elections by the end of November that the Supreme Court lift…
Nearly nine years after his departure to Belgium, which followed the attempt to secede Catalonia, Mr. Puigdemont can now return to Spain.
The Spanish Constitutional Court has ruled that the amnesty law also applies to Catalan separatists suspected of embezzling public funds. As a result, former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont can return home.
On Tuesday, the Spanish Supreme Court quashed the arrest warrant issued against Catalan independent leader Carles Puigdemont, who can now return to Spain without legal obstacles, almost nine years after his hasty departure to Belgium following the attempt to secession Catalonia.
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