Puigdemont: “With the electoral calendar in hand I will be able to be present at the investiture debate” | Elections in Catalonia 12-M

The general secretary of JxCat, Jordi Turull, has assumed that former president Carles Puigdemont will headline Junts in the Catalan elections on May 12. “We will go all out,” Turull assured. Puigdemont himself has avoided clarifying it from Strasbourg, at the headquarters of the European Parliament: “The day I make a decision on the matter, … Read more

The Fiscal Council defends the prosecutor who ruled out terrorism in the ‘Tsunami case’ against attacks by a journalist | Spain

The Fiscal Council agreed this Wednesday to grant the protection that prosecutor Álvaro Redondo had requested after feeling attacked by an article published in The world. In that article he was accused of being “complicit in a corrupt exchange” and of putting on an “obscene spectacle” for signing the report in which he opposed the … Read more

The Fiscal Council defends the prosecutor who ruled out terrorism in the ‘Tsunami case’ against attacks by a journalist | Spain

The Fiscal Council agreed this Wednesday to grant the protection that prosecutor Álvaro Redondo had requested after feeling attacked by an article published in The world. In that article he was accused of being “complicit in a corrupt exchange” and of putting on an “obscene spectacle” for signing the report in which he opposed the … Read more

The push from the Justice commission opens the door to an imminent pact between the PSOE and Junts on the amnesty | Spain

Pedro Sánchez leaves this Tuesday on an official trip to Brazil and Chile, a journey of more than 20,000 kilometers that will conclude on Friday, with the feeling that the legislature will remain on track while he is there. The agreement between the PSOE and Junts on the amnesty law is a matter of hours, … Read more

The Supreme Court is preparing for a new years-long process against Puigdemont | Spain

The proposed amnesty law was intended to close all the cases opened by the process, including the most iconic, which led to the conviction of nine of its leaders for sedition and keeps the head of the Government who promoted the independence challenge absconding from Spanish justice. The return of Carles Puigdemont to Catalonia was … 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 Supreme Court is preparing for a new years-long process against Puigdemont | Spain

The proposed amnesty law was intended to close all the cases opened by the process, including the most iconic, which led to the conviction of nine of its leaders for sedition and keeps the head of the Government who promoted the independence challenge absconding from Spanish justice. The return of Carles Puigdemont to Catalonia was … 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