EU Court of Justice endorses the Spanish amnesty law: does it open the way for Puigdemont's return?

EU Court of Justice endorses the Spanish amnesty law: does it open the way for Puigdemont’s return?

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) endorsed this Thursday the amnesty law of Spain that was approved in 2024 by the Government of Pedro Sánchez to exempt from criminal liability the political leaders who participated in the Catalonia independence process. The CJEU considers that this regulation does not affect the interests of the community bloc nor is it contrary to the European directive on terrorism.

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Iván Garzón, Colombian political scientist: “De la Espriella's decision to remove the Commissioner for Peace is a staging of the public trial to punish the Petro government”

Iván Garzón, Colombian political scientist: “De la Espriella’s decision to remove the Commissioner for Peace is a staging of the public trial to punish the Petro government”

In the academic’s opinion, the “hardline” rhetoric of Colombia’s president-elect “rides on an incontrovertible fact: in almost four years, the ‘total peace’ policy promoted by Petro and designed by Iván Cepeda did not achieve the demobilization of a single armed man.”

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