
Catalan Separatist Leader Turns to EU in Amnesty Showdown
The former Catalan president says Spanish institutions are obstructing the controversial law that helped keep Pedro Sánchez in power.

The former Catalan president says Spanish institutions are obstructing the controversial law that helped keep Pedro Sánchez in power.

The judges ruled that Spain’s controversial law does not breach EU legislation, while leaving the final decision on Carles Puigdemont’s case to the Spanish courts.

Private chat messages reveal that the National Court chief broke confidentiality to brief Sánchez throughout the prosecution of a mutinous Catalan top cop.

The Constitutional Court’s decision has sparked outrage over political interference in the justice system.

The report is a covert warning over the erosion of the rule of law in Spain and the potential contagious effect of the Catalan amnesty across Europe.