The Constitutional Court
The Public Prosecutor's Office has appealed to the Constitutional Court the sentence against former Attorney General García Ortiz
According to the Public Prosecutor's Office, there is insufficient evidence to indicate that the e-mail sent by Amador's lawyer, Alberto González, was sent by the Public Prosecutor's Office.
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.
Iñigo Urrutia: "Lately it seems that the Constitution is imposing additional limits on the normalization of the Basque Country"
The High Court of Justice of the Basque Country has questioned the competence for administrative and municipal language policy in its final decisions . Iñigo Urrutia, a jurist and professor of administrative law, says that such decisions may increase political incompetence.
The Constitutional Court shall rule on the linguistic profiles of public employment in the Basque Country
The High Court of Justice of the Basque Country has asked the Constitutional Court whether or not it is constitutional for all Basque public posts to have a linguistic profile in place. One of the three judges who were to decide has issued an individual opinion because, in his view, the law in question "does not cause any imbalance". The Basque Government sees no "legal reason" for asking the question.
The PSE-EE sees "normal" the Basque Court of Justice's consultation on language profiles
The PSE-EE parliamentarian Pau Blasi has stated that his party sees "normal" the consultation that the High Court of Justice of the Basque Country will hold with the Constitutional Court on the law regulating linguistic profiles in the public sector of the Basque Country. "This is not the first time it has happened and we are waiting for what the Constitution says," Blasi said in response to questions from journalists in the corridors of Parliament.
Arkaitz Rodriguez: "The little legal protection the Euskera has had so far could be challenged by the decision of the Court of Justice of the Basque Country"
"On the contrary, we believe that it may also be an opportunity because the Constitution could change the jurisprudence, in this case providing legal cover for the Euskera, but that remains to be seen, and given the magnitude of this outburst, it is very optimistic," said EH Bildu's Secretary of Political Action .
The TSJPV has asked the Constitution whether the Basque Public Employment Act violates the Constitution
The Basque Government welcomes what has happened with concern and surprise, considering it to be a decision that calls into question the very framework for the normalization of the Basque Country in the public administration.
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 European Court of Human Rights has dismissed the application for annulment of the sentence of five convicted persons in the Bateragune case for belonging to ETA
The Strasbourg Court has dismissed the lawsuit brought against Spain by Arnaldo Otegi, Sonia Jacinto, Rafa Díez, Mira Zabaleta and Arkaitz Rodríguez for the annulment of the sentence imposed on them for belonging to ETA.
The Spanish Government will propose a reform of the Constitution to introduce abortion as a right
Government sources have specified that the reform will establish that all information provided in the field of abortion must have an "objective scientific basis" and be protected by "standards of international organizations" such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Psychiatry Association (APA). "" Theories without a scientific basis, such as so-called "post-abortion syndrome", would have no place in these classifications, "the executive has warned.
"El Gobierno de España propone una reforma de la Constitución para also el aborto como un derecho"
Puigdemont has filed an application for amparo with the Constitutional Court and has requested the annulment of the arrest warrant
The Supreme Court has appealed against the decisions issued by the Supreme Court and the investigating judge. The Supreme Court denied him amnesty because he is accused of embezzlement of public funds.
After the Constitutional Court endorsed the Amnesty Act, what now?
In principle, the arrest warrant for Puigdemont and the disqualification of Junpoettering will remain in force, but when the Constitutional Court publishes the decision in the Official Gazette of the State, the Supreme Court must review the criminal record of independence leaders.
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.
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The Constitutional Court will support the Amnesty Act today
The text that will be voted on at noon — in response to the PP's appeal — says that amnesty has a place in the Spanish Constitution, is not arbitrary, not a whim.
It will be news: the vote on the Amnesty Act, the rearmament of NATO and the heat wave from Saturday onwards
A summary of what will be news today, in two words.