Bruxelles, le 17 novembre 2023 - 14:13:22
François Vieira
PhotoJournaliste accrédité UE
Call for European Commission to asses rule of law risks in Spain.
The EPP Group demands that the European Commission assess whether the rule of law in has been respected in Spain, following the agreement between the Spanish Socialists and the Catalan separatists.
This agreement includes an amnesty law for all those convicted or prosecuted for the organising and execution of the illegal independence referendum in Catalonia in 2017 in exchange for the seven votes that the Socialists needed to remain in government. Wiping out a decade of judicial work, with a law approved by a majority in the Parliament is reminiscent of what has happened in other countries where the European Commission has raised the red flag.
As Manfred Weber MEP, the Chairman of the EPP Group and Dolors Montserrat MEP, Vice-President of the EPP Group and Head of the Spanish Delegation, have said, the Commission should examine this concern "because the provisions of the amnesty pact risk violating the separation of powers and undermining the independence of the judiciary."
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