60 posts
3 November 2017
National High Court Magistrate Carmen Lamela issues national arrest warrants and European Arrest Warrants against President Carles Puigdemont and the MPs currently exiled in Belgium […]
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European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justiceRight to a fair trial5 November 2017
President Carles Puigdemont and exiled MPs Antoni Comín, Clara Ponsatí, Lluís Puig and Meritxell Serret voluntarily turn themselves in to a Brussels police station in […]
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European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justice5 December 2017
Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena withdraws the European Arrest Warrant issued by National HIgh Court Magistrate Carmen Lamela against the president Carles Puigdemont and MPs […]
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European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justice29 January 2018
After the Constitutional Court’s ruling that MPs with an arrest warrant cannot delegate their vote, exiled MPs Clara Ponsatí, Meritxell Serret and Lluís Puig give […]
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European Arrest WarrantsRight to political representation23 March 2018
Judge rules prison without bail for Jordi Turull, Josep Rull, Dolors Bassa, Raül Romeva and Carme Forcadell, as requested by the Prosecutor’s Office, the State’s […]
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European Arrest WarrantsNeutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justicePrison regimeRight to political representation25 March 2018
Puigdemont was returning to Brussels from Finland after visiting the Finnish Parliament and giving a lecture at the University of Helsinki. The arrest comes after […]
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European Arrest WarrantsRights to free expression and assembly28 March 2018
Clara Ponsatí, who had moved to Scotland to re-join the Chair of Economics at the University of Saint Andrews, turns herself in to a police […]
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European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justiceRight to political representation28 March 2018
On 28 March, and at the request of the National High Court Prosecutor’s Office, the historian and friend of Puigdemont, Josep Lluís Alay, and the […]
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European Arrest WarrantsNeutrality of the Prosecutor's Office5 April 2018
Comín, Serret, and Puig, who had already made themselves available to Belgian justice after judge Llarena reactivated the European Arrest Warrant, give evidence before an […]
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European Arrest WarrantsRight to political representation5 April 2018
Despite the request of the German Prosecutor’s Office to accept the European Arrest Warrant for crimes of rebellion and embezzlement, the Schleswig-Holstein High Court rules […]
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European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justiceRight to political representation14 May 2018
After the Constitutional Court rejected the appeal for protection submitted by rapper Josep Valtònyc, the National High Court sentenced him to prison within ten days […]
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European Arrest WarrantsRights to free expression and assembly16 May 2018
The Belgian justice authorities reject the extradition of Toni Comín, Meritxell Serret and Lluís Puig after the Prosecutor’s Office ruled against their extradition considering that […]
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European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justiceRight to political representation16 May 2018
On 25 March, a rally was held outside the sub-delegation of the Spanish government in Lleida in protest against the arrest of President Puigdemont in […]
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European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly22 May 2018
Schleswig-Holstein High Court denies the new request for imprisonment of President Carles Puigdemont made by the German Prosecutor’s Office confirming that it rules out opening […]
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European Arrest WarrantsRight to political representation13 July 2018
Schleswig-Holstein Supreme Court definitively denies the possibility of extraditing Carles Puigdemont to Spain for a crime of rebellion or sedition, as requested by the German […]
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European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justice17 September 2018
The Court of First Instance of Ghent considers that the crimes for which Valtônyc was convicted are not crimes in Belgium and therefore, the criterion […]
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European Arrest WarrantsRights to free expression and assembly17 January 2019
The judge conducting the preliminary investigation at the National High Court had provisionally dismissed the case, finding that the events in question could not constitute […]
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European Arrest WarrantsNeutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justice14 June 2019
The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court does not authorise Oriol Junqueras (ERC), in preventive detention as a result of the case against the leaders […]
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Central Electoral BoardEuropean Arrest WarrantsPrison regimeRight to political representation14 October 2019
On the same day the Supreme Court’s verdict against the leaders of the 1 October referendum is made public, the investigating judge in the case, […]
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European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justice17 October 2019
After Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena issues a new European Arrest Warrant against him, Carles Puigdemont reports to a Brussels police station. He remains in […]
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European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justice4 November 2019
Pablo Llarena, the investigating judge in the case against the leaders of the 1 October referendum, issues new European Arrest Warrants against former ministers Antoni […]
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European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justice5 November 2019
During a debate in the run-up to the 10 November general elections, the president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, commits to bringing Carles Puigdemont […]
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European Arrest WarrantsNeutrality of the Prosecutor's Office7 November 2019
Former ministers Antoni Comín and Lluís Puig report to a Brussels police station, where they are arrested in execution of the European Arrest Warrant re-issued […]
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European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justice14 November 2019
Former minister Clara Ponsatí turns herself in to the Scottish police and is arrested in exeuction of the European Arrest Warrant issued by Supreme Court […]
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European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justice2 January 2020
Following the ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union establishing that MEP status and the immunity that comes with it are acquired […]
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European Arrest Warrants10 January 2020
Pablo Llarena, the investigating judge in the case against the leaders of the 1 October referendum, rules on Carles Puigdemont and Antoni Comín’s appeal the […]
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European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justice23 January 2020
The Central Electoral Board announces the five new members of European Parliament elected in the Spanish state who will take their seats on 1 February […]
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Central Electoral BoardEuropean Arrest WarrantsRight to political representation31 January 2020
The European Parliament issues a statement indicating that it ‘takes note’ of the election of the five members of European Parliament from the Spanish state […]
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European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justice13 February 2020
During the plenary session of the European Parliament, it is announced that Pablo Llarena, the investigating judge in the case against the leaders of the […]
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European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justice3 March 2020
After the National Court requested the ‘automatic’ extradition of Josep Valtònyc for the crime of glorification of terrorism in relation to the content of his […]
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European Arrest WarrantsRight to a fair trial5 March 2020
The Edinburgh Sheriff Court, in contrast to Pablo Llarena, the investigating judge in the case against the leaders of the 1 October referendum, finds that […]
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European Arrest Warrants25 June 2020
The two agents are accused of the crime of concealment for accompanying the president into exile on his journey by car to Belgium from Finland, […]
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European Arrest WarrantsNeutrality of the Prosecutor's Office7 August 2020
The tribunal of first instance of Brussels deems that the examining magistrate in the 1 October case, Pablo Llarena, lacks the jurisdiction to issue the […]
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European Arrest Warrants15 September 2020
After the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union that Josep Valtònyc cannot be automatically extradited for the crime of glorification of […]
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European Arrest WarrantsRights to free expression and assembly16 November 2020
The the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs discusses for the first time the lifting of the immunity of Carles Puigdemont, Antoni Comín and Clara […]
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European Arrest Warrants7 January 2021
The Court of Appeal of Brussels dismisses the appeal lodged by the Belgian Prosecutor’s Office against the lower court ruling that rejected Pablo Llarena’s European […]
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European Arrest Warrants14 January 2021
MEPs Carles Puigdemont, Antoni Comín and Clara Ponsatí appear before the Committee on Legal Affairs of the European Parliament requesting that their parliamentary immunity not […]
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European Arrest Warrants23 February 2021
In a tighter vote than expected (15 votes in favour, 8 against and 2 abstentions), the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament recommends to […]
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European Arrest Warrants9 March 2021
The Plenary Session of the European Parliament votes in favor of lifting the immunity of Carles Puigdemont, Toni Comín and Clara Ponsatí so that the […]
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European Arrest Warrants11 March 2021
The former Minister of Agriculture, Meritxell Serret, who had resided in Belgium since November 2017, has been on trial in the 1 October referendum case […]
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European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justice4 May 2021
After several postponements while waiting for the European Parliament to rule on the lifting of Clara Ponsatí’s immunity, the processing of the European Arrest Warrant […]
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European Arrest Warrants19 May 2021
Carles Puigdemont, Antoni Comín and Clara Ponsatí appeal against the European Parliament’s decision to lift their immunity before the General Court of the European Union. […]
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European Arrest Warrants21 June 2021
The resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe encourages Spain to, among other things, reform the crimes of rebellion and sedition, consider […]
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European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justice6 July 2021
The Prosecutor’s Office lowers the penalty request and asks for a year and a half in prison for each of them for committing a crime […]
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European Arrest WarrantsNeutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justice30 July 2021
The General Court of the European Union decides to dismiss the request filed by Carles Puigdemont, Antoni Comín and Clara Ponsatí requesting their immunity be […]
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European Arrest Warrants26 August 2021
The Sheriff’s Court of Edinburgh believes that it no longer has jurisdiction to execute the European Arrest Warrant issued against Clara Ponsatí by the investigating […]
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European Arrest Warrants23 September 2021
The Italian police arrest the MEP Carles Puigdemont on his arrival in Sardinia, where he had traveled to meet the authorities of the island and […]
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European Arrest Warrants4 October 2021
Carles Puigdemont appears before the Court of Appeal of Sassari (Sardinia) in the extradition proceedings initiated against him following his arrest on the island on […]
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European Arrest Warrants28 October 2021
The resolution comes as the result of a question posed by the Court of Appeal of Ghent, which must rule on the extradition of the […]
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European Arrest WarrantsRights to free expression and assembly26 November 2021
The General Court of the European Union rejects the new request, submitted by Carles Puigdemont, Antoni Comín and Clara Ponsatí, to provisionally have their immunity […]
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European Arrest Warrants28 December 2021
The Court of Appeal in Ghent once again rejects the rapper’s extradition, after the Prosecutor’s Office appealed against the decision of the Court of First […]
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European Arrest WarrantsRights to free expression and assembly18 January 2022
The Brussels Court of Cassation rejects the appeal of the Ghent Prosecutor’s Office against the decision to refuse extradition due to crimes of glorification of […]
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European Arrest WarrantsRights to free expression and assembly17 May 2022
The Belgian Supreme Court had ordered the Court of Appeal of Ghent to review its decision of 18 January 2022 not to extradite Valtònyc in […]
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European Arrest WarrantsRights to free expression and assembly24 May 2022
In this way, the CJEU annuls the decision of the General Court of the European Union of July 2021 not to grant precautionary measures to […]
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European Arrest Warrants24 June 2022
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe approves a follow-up report to the resolution approved on 21 June 2021, in which it reviews whether […]
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European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justice11 November 2022
The Explanatory Statement for the bill argues that the crime of sedition is obsolete and not in line with the legislation of other countries; as […]
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European Arrest WarrantsRights to free expression and assembly12 January 2023
Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena issues a new prosecution order against Carles Puigdemont, Toni Comín, Clara Ponsatí, Lluís Puig and Marta Rovira in the case […]
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European Arrest WarrantsNeutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justice31 January 2023
Llarena had asked the CJEU about the ability of judicial authorities executing European Arrest Warrants to consider matters of jurisdiction and respect for fundamental rights […]
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European Arrest WarrantsNeutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRight to a fair trial5 July 2023
Puigdemont, Comín and Ponsatí had appealed the European Parliament’s decision of 9 March 2021 that waived their immunity, as per the request of investigating judge […]
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European Arrest Warrants23 July 2023
In Catalonia, the PSC, the list led by Meritxell Batet obtains 19 seats, Sumar, the list led by Aina Vidal, obtains 7, PP, led by […]
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European Arrest WarrantsNeutrality of the Prosecutor's Office