33 posts during 2020 - Present: Impasse in the independence movement
3 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 representation15 January 2020
The Constitutional Court rejects the appeals presented by Jordi Sànchez and Carme Forcadell (dismissed on 15 January), Raül Romeva (dismissed on 13 February), and Jordi […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtPrison regimeRight to political representation16 January 2020
Lledoners prison grants a first prison leave to Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart, the leaders of the 1 October referendum who have been in in […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regime28 January 2020
The Plenary Session of the Constitutional Court upholds the March 2018 decision of Pablo Llarena, the investigating judge in the case against the leaders of […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to political representation28 January 2020
The Court of Auditors orders a provisional settlement in the preliminary investigation into the Government of Catalonia’s accounting liability in relation to the costs of […]
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Court of Auditors6 February 2020
Lledoners prison approves the application of the flexible penitentiary regime, provided for in Article 100.2 of the Penitentiary Regulations, to Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart. […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regime7 February 2020
On 28 January it dismissed Oriol Junqueras’s appeal against the decision of Pablo Llarena, the investigating judge in the case against the leaders of the […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtPrison regimeRight to political representation25 February 2020
The appeal, presented in relation to the case against the leaders of the 1 October referendum and before Junqueras, Turull, Romeva, Rull and Sànchez were […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to political representation20 March 2020
Between 13 and 20 March, Junqueras, Forcadell and Romeva present appeals for protection before the Constitutional Court in relation to the ruling against the independence […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly6 May 2020
The court accepts for consideration the appeal against the Supreme Court ruling presented by Turull, Bassa, Rull, Forn, Forcadell, Sànchez, Cuixart, Borràs and Mundó. The […]
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Prison regimeRight to a fair trial14 July 2020
Following the proposal by the Lledoners Penitentiary Centre, the Catalan Government approves the third degree status for the political prisoners held there (Sànchez, Cuixart, Junqueras, […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regime21 July 2020
The Plenary Session of the Constitutional Court unanimously endorses the decision of the Bureau of the Congress of Deputies of 24 May 2019 to suspend […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to political representation15 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 representation22 December 2020
In its report, the Prosecutor’s Office states that the circumstances for granting pardon to those convicted (Junqueras, Romeva, Turull, Bassa, Forn, Rull, Forcadell, Sànchez, Cuixart, […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justice28 January 2021
The Catalan Government has once again agreed to grant the third degree status to the prisoners in the 1 October referendum case. The third degree […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regime18 March 2021
The full Constitutional Court unanimously endorses the decision of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of 14 May, 2019, not to suspend the trial […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court23 April 2021
They are former presidents Carles Puigdemont and Artur Mas; former ministers of Economy Oriol Junqueras and Andreu Mas-Colell; former minister of foreign affairs Raül Romeva; […]
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Court of Auditors12 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 representation22 June 2021
The pardons are granted under the condition that those sentenced to prison (Junqueras, Romeva, Turull, Bassa, Forn, Rull, Forcadell, Sànchez and Cuixart) do not commit […]
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Politicisation of justice29 June 2021
The Court of Auditors communicates the report of interim settlement that concludes the pre-trial stage of proceedings and claims bails of up to millions of […]
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Court of Auditors21 July 2021
The public bank of the Catalan Government agrees to endorse the 34 former Government members and officials from whom the Court of Auditors demands a […]
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Court of Auditors14 October 2021
The Court of Auditors rejects the guarantee offered by the Institut Català de Finances for the bonds of former members of the Catalan Government and […]
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Court of Auditors23 March 2022
The Constitutional Court considers that the sentence of the Supreme Court against the leaders of 1 October was issued following procedural guarantees and imposed a […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trial24 March 2022
The appeals of the former ministers of Labour and Interior respectively were the last to be pending. As happened with all appeals for protection (except […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trial13 April 2022
The Prosecutor’s Office files a claim before the Court of Auditors for the organisation of the 1 October referendum and the foreign affairs of the […]
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Court of Auditors12 July 2022
The Constitutional Court also declares unconstitutional the agreements of the plenary session and the Bureau of the Parliament of Catalonia that authorised the delegation of […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional CourtRight to political representation31 August 2022
The magistrate of the Supreme Court Pablo Llarena relieved Junqueras, Romeva (ERC), Rull and Turull (JxCat) of their duties as MPs before the sentence was […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to political representation10 October 2022
The previous day, Carlos Lesmes had explained in a statement that he was resigning after having asked the legislative branch, during his speech at the […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial8 February 2023
Special Rapporteurs on on freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, freedom of expression and opinion, on the independence of judges and lawyers, on the […]
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Politicisation of justicePrison regimeRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly13 February 2023
Once the Criminal Code reform that suppresses the crime of sedition and amends the crime of embezzlement is in force, the Second Chamber of the […]
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