The Venice Commission supports the arguments of the amnesty law but criticizes that it is urgently processed | Spain

The Venice Commission supports the possibility of an amnesty law like the one being processed in the Cortes, considering that “national unity and social and political reconciliation are legitimate objectives” of these grace measures that occur in the majority of countries, says the draft opinion of the legal body of the Council of Europe. However, … Read more

Sánchez encourages the battle against the extreme right in Rome: “The European soul is at risk” | Spain

A small respite in the midst of one of the most difficult political moments that Pedro Sánchez has experienced in his five and a half years in La Moncloa. And that is saying a lot, given the eternal play to the limit that characterizes his career. A trip to Rome to participate in the congress … Read more

Puigdemont talks about a new stage “without the burden of exile” in a key week of the amnesty | Spain

Carles Puigdemont, former president of the Generalitat of Catalonia who fled from Spanish justice, assured this Saturday that “no law”, in implicit reference to the amnesty that he is now negotiating with the PSOE, speeding up the deadlines, will end “the repression of the State” to the independence movement. And he also maintains that unilaterality … Read more

The Venice Commission supports the arguments of the amnesty law but criticizes that it is urgently processed | Spain

The Venice Commission supports the possibility of an amnesty law like the one being processed in the Cortes, considering that “national unity and social and political reconciliation are legitimate objectives” of these grace measures that occur in the majority of countries, says the draft opinion of the legal body of the Council of Europe. However, … Read more

The PSOE, after the Venice Commission’s endorsement of the arguments of the amnesty law: “It shows that far from breaking up Spain, what it does is unite it” | Spain

The PSOE has asked the PP to have “a little more shame” and abandon “the lies and permanent hyperbole”, after learning last night that the draft of the Venice Commission report on the arguments of the amnesty law supports the possibility of a measure of this type considering that “national unity and social and political … Read more

PSOE and Junts approach positions for an agreement on the amnesty law | Spain

The focus is on the scandal of the Koldo case, that monopolizes not only the media news but also the conversations within the Government and the PSOE, with a deep tear and great concern about the dramatic end of the crisis. The event has ended with the former organization secretary, José Luis Ábalos, in the … Read more

The Congressional Justice Commission finalizes the text of the amnesty law | Spain

The amnesty bill is moving full steam ahead towards its approval in Congress. The text will be ready this Tuesday in the Justice Commission of the Chamber, ready for the plenary session to give it final approval on the 30th, a month and a half after having taken it into consideration. Then only the Senate … Read more

Feijóo: “A country where citizens are not equal before the law does not have a Constitution” | Spain

The ranks are tight before the new electoral cycle, which has its first milestone in a historical fiefdom of the PP and of vital importance for its leader: Galicia. Alberto Núñez Feijóo wants the entire party mobilized and his territorial power in an attack position to achieve the victory that his dolphin, Alfonso Rueda, needs … Read more