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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Spain today withdrew the arrest warrant for Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, allowing him to return to Spain for the first time in almost a decade without fear of detention.
The arrest warrant was abrogated by the Constitutional Court.
Puigdemont is one of the most well-known figures in the Catalan independence movement.
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Anadolu AjansıSpain lifts arrest warrant for Catalan separatist leader Puigdemont
A Spanish judge on Tuesday lifted an arrest warrant for exiled former Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, paving the way for his return to Spain ahead of a general election in November. Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena made the move after Spain’s Constitutional Court backed extending a 2024 amnesty law to include the crime of embezzlement. The law was aimed at easing tensions in the wealthy northeastern region following its failed 2017…
After almost nine years in exile, the former separatist leader and regional leader of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, can return home. The decision is taken in the middle of Spain's election campaign.
The Supreme Court has overturned an arrest warrant for former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, paving the way for his return to Spain.
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