Carles Puigdemont and Toni Comín debut as MEPs
Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and his former minister Toni Comín made their debut as MEPs in the European Parliament on Monday, just over seven months after winning...
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EU Parliament reverses decision on Oriol Junqueras MEP status
The European Parliament has reversed its decision on the status of jailed Catalan leader Oriol Junqueras as an MEP, and instead endorsed this week’s ruling by...
Supreme Court asks EU Parliament to suspend Puigdemont and Comín immunity
Pablo Llarena, the Spanish Supreme Court judge, has now asked the European Parliament to suspend the MEP immunity of Carles Puigdemont and Toni Comín. He is also maintaining...
Supreme Court rejects suspending JEC ruling that prevents Junqueras becoming MEP
The Spanish Supreme Court has rejected suspending the decision of Spain’s Electoral Authority (JEC) that prevents Oriol Junqueras taking up his seat as an MEP. The Catalan pro-independence...
Oriol Junqueras elected president of EFA group in EU Parliament
Oriol Junqueras, the jailed former Catalan vice-president, has been elected president of the European Free Alliance (EFA) group in the European Parliament. Alongside former Catalan president Carles...
Puigdemont, Junqueras, Comín now officially recognised as MEPs
Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, his former jailed vice president Oriol Junqueras, and former minister Toni Comín, have all been officially recognised as MEPs by...
Brussels suspends arrest warrants for Puigdemont and Comín
Brussels has suspended the European Arrest Warrants against Carles Puigdemont and Toni Comín, following the parliamentary immunity that they currently have after acquiring provisional accreditation as MEPs. The...
Puigdemont and Comín acquire provisional MEP accreditation
Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and his former minister Toni Comín both acquired provisional accreditation as MEPs at the European Parliament on Friday, after the ban on...
Calls for immediate release of Oriol Junqueras
Former Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, has been one of the first to call for the immediate release from jail of his former vice-president, Oriol Junqueras,...
EU Court of Justice rules Oriol Junqueras has immunity
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Luxembourg has ruled that the jailed former Catalan vice-president Oriol Junqueras has immunity after being elected as...
