LIVE | Puigdemont's return to Catalonia: latest news on the Supreme Court's lifting of the arrest warrant and political reactions
The Supreme Court has decided to annul the arrest warrant against Carles Puigdemont, the former Catalan president and leader of Junts. Follow live minute-by-minute coverage of the case and the political reactions of those involved.
The TC notifies the Supreme Court of the ruling that allows it to amnesty the crime of embezzlement weighing on Carles Puigdemont
The Constitutional Court has already transferred to the Supreme Court the resolution ordering it to apply the amnesty for embezzlement to the leaders of the 'procés', including the former Catalan president and leader of Junts, Carles Puigdemont. The court of guarantees has detailed that the sentence and the dissenting vote of the five magistrates are already in the hands of the high court and those involved.
There is no return date for Puigdemont, but he assures he will do a tour of Catalonia
Gonzalo Boye, lawyer for Carles Puigdemont, has recommended caution regarding his return date to Spain. The only thing that has been assured is that the former president of the Generalitat will not return until the Supreme Court applies the amnesty "in full." However, Puigdemont has assured that he plans to tour Catalonia to learn about the current situation of the community.
Puigdemont calls the arrest warrant "political repression" but warns that its lifting does not resolve the conflict
During his appearance, Carles Puigdemont described the national arrest warrant to which he was subjected for years as "political repression". He also stated that the last 9 years have brought "personal, family, social and political" repercussions. However, he stressed that the lifting of the arrest warrant "is not in itself a solution" to the conflict between Catalonia and the State.
Puigdemont, after the Supreme Court's decision, criticizes "the improper use of judicial powers over a conflict that belongs to politics"
From Waterloo, Carles Puigdemont has appeared after the amnesty that allows him to return to Spain. The leader of Junts described the resolution as a “defeat of the strategy of public powers that have delayed its application for strictly political reasons” and judged “the improper use of judicial powers over a conflict that belongs to politics.”
The Supreme Court has agreed to lift the precautionary measures against Carles Puigdemont, leader of Junts
After the Constitutional Court (TC) decision to endorse the amnesty for the crime of embezzlement in the 'procés' became known, the Supreme Court revokes the arrest warrant against Carles Puigdemont.
Pablo Llarena, the magistrate who investigated the 'procés', lifts "with immediate effect and until a new express judicial resolution" the national arrest warrants against Puigdemont and former ministers Toni Comín and Lluís Puig, who were prosecuted but not tried because they fled.