Trial of the Catalan trial
The State Attorney's Office and the Attorney's Office have been in favour of granting an amnesty to Puigdemont in the face of the Supreme's refusal
Both organizations have filed their submissions with the Court of Guarantees of the Treaty requesting the admission of the application for amparo filed by the former president against the Supreme Court's decision not to apply amnesty for embezzlement. Both organizations believe that the Supreme Court should have applied amnesty to him and criticize the "unreasonable and arbitrary" interpretation of the Amnesty Act to prevent its application.
Puigdemont asks the Constitution to lift the arrest warrant against him
The defence of the former President of Catalonia has stressed that "for years" Puigdemont "has had his freedom of movement and institutional activity restricted by arrest warrants, the validity of which has been legally repealed by the Amnesty Organization Act and this Constitutional Court, as well as by European standards."
The court in Strasbourg has ruled that Spain did not violate the political rights of Junpoettering, Sanchez and Turull
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled on pre-trial detention and its impact on political rights.
The European Commission questions whether the amnesty law responds to the "general interest"
According to the Spanish lawyer who has participated on behalf of the European Commission, it is clear that the amnesty law is the result of a political agreement to obtain the investiture of Sanchez. He has also stressed, ignoring the Venice Commission, that the urgent processing of the law has "deepened" the division of the political class, institutions and society.
Reasons for the TC's support for amnesty: the independence process in Catalonia was a "paradigmatic case of political crisis"
The Constitution has unsurprisingly rejected the appeal lodged by the PP, but the resolution contains some new developments, including strengthening the argument justifying the amnesty.