“No one in the hallways is asking what is happening with the amnesty,” says a European diplomatic source. Brussels may appear in almost every discussion of Spanish politics regarding the bill. But the regulations, which the PP – with Ciudadanos and Vox behind them – have been trying to turn into a European problem for … Read more
The political and legal objective of Junts, Carles Puigdemont’s party, is now for the former Catalan president to be able to attend in person, as he wishes, to the investiture session of the new president of Catalonia who emerges from the May 12 elections, a session that could take place in mid-July, according to its … Read more
The first round of the battle for the amnesty law in international bodies comes to an end. The Venice Commission, an advisory body of the Council of Europe – which is not part of the EU institutions – made up of experts in constitutional law, approved this morning by general consensus its opinion on the … Read more
The Spanish right has always been reluctant to amnesties. In the middle of the transition, in 1977, Alianza Popular, precursor of the PP, abstained from voting on the law. For Antonio Carro, Franco’s former minister and elected deputy of the party led by Manuel Fraga, removing prisoners from prisons represented a kind of “taking of … Read more