Court ruling clears key hurdle for separatist leader Puigdemont's return to Spain
The ruling clears a major legal hurdle for Carles Puigdemont’s return, after judges said the amnesty covers embezzlement and affects about 400 separatists.
- 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.
116 Articles
116 Articles
After nine years of exile, Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont can return to Spain. The Supreme Court lifted the arrest warrant against him.
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.
The Toronto Star
Spain lifts arrest warrant for Catalan separatist Carles Puigdemont
MADRID (AP) — Spain has lifted the arrest warrant for Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, allowing the politician to return home without fear of detention for the first time in nearly a decade.
An arrest warrant was abrogated following a decision of the Constitutional Court.
The Spanish Supreme Court announced, on Tuesday (6), that it revoked the arrest warrant against the Catalan independenceist leader Carles Puigdemont, who can now return to Spain almost nine years after he left after the failed attempt at secession. "The magistrate of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme, Pablo Llarena, today issued a decision repealing, with immediate effect and until a new express judicial resolution, the national search, captur…
Spanish judge lifts arrest warrant for exiled Catalan separatist leader
A Spanish judge on Tuesday lifted an arrest warrant for exiled Catalan former separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, paving the way for his return to Spain ahead of a general election in November.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 39% of the sources lean Right
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
