40 posts during 2020 - Present: Impasse in the independence movement
2 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 Warrants3 January 2020
The Central Electoral Board rules in favour of the PP, Ciudadanos and VOX and declares that Oriol Junqueras has lost his status as MEP as […]
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Central Electoral BoardRight to political representation6 January 2020
The European Parliament issues a notification citing the 19 December ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union, which established that MEP status […]
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Central Electoral BoardRight to political representation9 January 2020
The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court announces its decision regarding the application of the Court of Justice of the EU’s 19 December ruling, which […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to political representation10 January 2020
The European Parliament announces that it no longer considers Oriol Junqueras a member of European Parliament, with effect from 3 January. The day before, the […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to political representation13 January 2020
At the beginning of the first plenary session of the year, the president of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, officially announces that Carles Puigdemont and […]
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Politicisation 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 representation30 January 2020
Despite the Court of Justice of the EU’s 19 December ruling establishing that MEP status is acquired when the election results are announced, the Central […]
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Central Electoral BoardRight 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 justice5 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 Warrants23 October 2020
The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court dismisses the appeal presented by Carles Puigdemont and Antoni Comín against the decision of the investigating magistrate of […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial16 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 Warrants15 December 2020
The leader of the ERC has appealed the European Court’s decision to remove him from office pursuant to the Supreme Court’s ruling to disqualify him […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to political representation14 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 Warrants4 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 Warrants12 May 2021
The Administrative Chamber of the Supreme Court dismisses the appeal that Oriol Junqueras had submitted against the decision of the Central Electoral Board of 3 […]
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Central Electoral BoardPoliticisation of justiceRight to political representation19 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 Warrants30 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 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 Warrants26 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 Warrants18 April 2022
The research group of the University of Toronto CitizenLab and Ronan Farrow, a journalist from The New Yorker, publish two articles in which they expose […]
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Politicisation of justice24 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 Warrants7 June 2022
MEPs Carles Puigdemont and Toni Comín appealed against two decisions of Antonio Tajani. The first, to not let them enter Parliament as MEPs and to […]
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Central Electoral BoardRight to political representation7 September 2022
The 2022 State Attorney General Report, Álvaro García Ortiz, classifies the ‘violent’ Catalan independence movement under this subheading, alongside ETA and GRAPO. Therefore, it also […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly28 September 2022
In the context of the Catalangate, the chairman of the European Parliament Committee investigating the use of Pegasus and similar programs sends a letter to […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly3 November 2022
The JEC is answering a letter sent by the president of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, on 22 September 2022, in which she requested clarification […]
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Central Electoral Board15 November 2022
The appeal had been presented on 16 November against the Central Electoral Board’s (JEC) decision not to include the two MEPs on the list of […]
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Central Electoral BoardPoliticisation of justice14 February 2023
The Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office had requested to investigate Royo for embezzlement for some 9 November consultation expenses, in the proceedings of Investigating Court number 18, […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justice22 March 2023
The MEP requested to the Department of the Interior of the Catalan Government, in February 2022, copies of the reports made by the Mossos d’Esquadra […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly28 March 2023
Clara Ponsatí returns to the Principality and appears in a press conference in the Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya. In the press conference, Ponsatí explains […]
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Right to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly28 April 2023
On the day of the illegal arrest of Clara Ponsatí, Gonzalo Boye lodged an habeas corpus, a proceeding whereby the immediate appearance before a court […]
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Politicisation of justice5 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 Office24 July 2023
In the morning, Clara Ponsatí announces on social media that she is in Barcelona. It is the first time that Ponsatí is back in Barcelona […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court9 August 2023
MEPs Carles Puigdemont and Toni Comín had appealed the resolutions of pre-trial Supreme Court judge in the case against the 1 October independence referendum leaders […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court9 November 2023
The Supreme Court had referred the case to Barcelona Provincial Court in 2022. Anna Gabriel, former CUP MP in the Catalan Parliament, was indicted for […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly