The European Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, asked Spain this Wednesday for information on the amnesty law for independentists that the Socialists, in the Government, are negotiating with the Catalan parties, arguing that it is generating “serious concerns.”
“I would be grateful if you could send me more detailed information, in particular on the personal, material and temporal scope of this planned law,” the Belgian commissioner wrote in a letter addressed to two Spanish ministers, cited by Spanish media.
Didier Reynders told the Minister of the Presidency of the Government of Spain, Félix Bolaños, and the Minister of Justice, Pilar Llop, that despite there not yet being “a formal proposal”, the possible amnesty law “has become an issue of considerable importance”. in the public debate” and “a large number of citizens came into contact with the Commission”.
“Serious concerns are expressed about the ongoing discussions,” added the Commissioner.
Sources from the Government of Spain and the Socialist Party (PSOE) cited by the Spanish media downplayed the request for information and assured that the future amnesty law will respect the national Constitution.
The same sources also considered “unusual” the initiative of the European commissioner, who asked for something that “does not exist”, without there even being a law proposal from the Government or the parties delivered to Parliament.
Following the Spanish elections on July 23, the PSOE, led by Pedro Sánchez, is closing agreements with the Catalan, Basque and Galician nationalist and independence parties that include an amnesty for the Catalan independentists who led the region’s attempt at self-determination in 2017. .
The amnesty is criticized by right-wing parties and has sparked street protests.
If all the agreements are confirmed, Pedro Sánchez could be re-elected as leader of the Spanish Government.
If there is no new prime minister appointed by parliament before November 27, Spain will have to repeat the elections.
In the same letter sent to the Spanish ministers, Commissioner Didier Reynders also reiterated the call for Spain to “give priority to the situation of the Council of the Judiciary”, an organ of the judiciary whose mandate expired five years ago. due to lack of agreement between the two largest Spanish parties regarding the names of the new elements.
The blockade is due to the Popular Party (PP, right), which refuses to agree with the PSOE because the Spanish Government agrees and negotiates with pro-independence parties that want to “break up Spain” and violate the Constitution.
In the absence of an agreement, there are currently no judges in the Council of the Judiciary appointed since 2019, since the socialists govern, with a “conservative majority” in the body, similar to the PP.
The postponed renewal of that body “is a long-standing issue that raises serious concerns and for which the Commission has asked for solutions on multiple occasions,” recalled European Commissioner Reynders, in the letter known today.
Source: TSF
