Los Sres. Puigdemont (MEP), Ponsatí (MEP) i Comín (MEP) demandan al Parlamento Europeo, por ocho motivos (18 MAY 2021)

Ha sido comentado una decisión del Tribunal General de la UE, maliciosamente mal interpretada por la prensa española. He aquí los motivos de la demanda inicial.

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Please stand up for EU values

Here is the full text of the letter I have sent to members of the EP Commission on Legal Affairs ("JURI") regarding the requests for waiver of the immunity of three Catalan MEPs, whose freedom of movement throughout the EU has nevertheless been guaranteed by High Court decisions in Germany and Belgium. 

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Letter to the Financial Times about fundamental rights and the Catalans (8 JAN 2021)

 This is the text I have sent as a Letter to the Editor of the Financial Times, with copies to the authors of an article, "EU identity crisis: Poland, Hungary and the fight over Brussels’ values" about the blind eye the European institutions are still turning as regards Spain. 

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The floundering of Spain's judicial strategy, by Carles Puigdemont et al (16 August 2020)

This is an English rendering (by MS, with improvements by MT: thanks) of an article published in La Vanguardia by exiled Catalan leaders Carles Puigdemont, Clara Ponsatí, Toni Comín and Lluís Puig. If they have any objection, I shall delete it at once.

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Spanish Electoral Board resolution (later quashed) banning Puigdemont, Comín and Ponsatí from European Parliament election (29 APR 2019)

The Central Electoral Board resolved on April 29 2019 (with four dissenting votes) not to allow three exiles to stand for the European Parliament election. This decision was later quashed by the Supreme Court. I have decided to translate it into English. TO BE TRANSLATED

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Letter "Democratic Dignity and Freedom" (8 Sept 2019)

Here is an English translation (by MS) of a letter, "Democratic dignity and freedom", written and signed by the pro-independence Catalan politicans and social society leaders who are in prison or in exile.

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CJEU - PRESS RELEASE No 85/19 Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó and Antoni Comín i Oliveres v European Parliament

PRESS RELEASE No 85/19 - COMUNICADO DE PRENSA n.º 85/19

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