An amendment to Spain’s judicial reform halted by Constitutional Court
Spain’s Constitutional Court this week prevented the Senate house from debating and voting on a specific amendment to the country’s penal code reform — seen as...
Spanish Judiciary
PSOE and PP make ‘last attempt’ to agree on renewing legal watchdog
Spain’s socialist (PSOE) Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez met with Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of the right-wing opposition People’s Party (PP), at Moncloa on Monday, in order...
Puigdemont, Comín and Puig extradition hearings set for 16 December
Extradition hearings for the former Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, together with two of his former ministers, Toni Comín and Lluís Puig, will be held together in Belgium on Monday...
EU Commission answers questions regarding Josep Borrell tweet
The European Commission had to respond to questions on Friday regarding its next High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the current acting Spanish Foreign...
Brussels asks Spain to translate third arrest warrant for Puigdemont
The prosecutor in Brussels has asked the Spanish authorities to provide a translation of the European arrest warrant issued on Monday for the detention of former Catalan...
‘No chance’ to extradite Puigdemont on ‘fabricated’ terrorism case, says lawyer
With the arrest of Catalan pro-independence activists for plotting acts of violence, the Belgian lawyer of former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont has warned that if Spain tries...
Carles Puigdemont’s sister denies ‘go-between’ claims
Carles Puigdemont, the former Catalan president, has suggested that the Spanish Judiciary is trying to embroil him in terrorism allegations in order to persuade Belgium...
Felipe VI: ‘democracy not above respecting the law’
Spain’s King Felipe VI has said democracy is not above respecting the law, in unusually outspoken comments widely interpreted as refuting claims by Catalan independence leaders...
Trial focus: Manuel Marchena on a ‘prestige’ tightrope
At the helm of the hugely divisive trial of Catalan independence leaders, Supreme Court judge Manuel Marchena is performing a difficult balancing act, alternating firmness...
Catalan Trial: Day 2 summary
On the second day of the Catalan trial, a Spanish public prosecutor today accused Catalan independence leaders of trying to use ‘human shields’ to block...
