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EU's top court rejects Catalan separatist Carles Puigdemont's claim to MEP status
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26/09/2024
The European Court of Justice has backed former European Parliament president Antonio Tajani's decision not to recognise Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont as an MEP, ruling that Tajani "merely did what he was required to do."
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The European Court of Justice dismisses the appeal of Catalan pro-independence politicians
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Carles Puigdemont and Toni ComĂn to be considered MEPs which was filed in 2019.
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The Court of Justice believes that the lower general court of the EU acted correctly in
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considering that the President of the Parliament should follow the official list of MEPs that
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came from the document sent by the Member State.
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In 2019, Puigdemont and ComĂn won a seat in the European elections, but having fled
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to Belgium in 2017 after the Catalan independence referendum, they were unable to abide by the
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Spanish constitution, a key step in order to appear in the document sent to the European
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Parliament.
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The result that appeared in the Spanish electoral body is seen valid, but the European Parliament
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considered that the official list was only the one sent to them by Spain.
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The decision is particularly relevant for ComĂn who ran in the last elections for the
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European Parliament and won, but he has so far been unable to take his seat and it looks
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like he will remain so after the ruling.
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