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PRESS RELEASE No 151/24

Luxembourg, 26 September 2024

Judgment of the Court in Case C-600/22 P | Puigdemont i Casamajó and Comín i Oliveres v Parliament

The Court of Justice definitively dismisses the action brought by Mr Puigdemont and Mr Comín against the refusal of the President of the European Parliament to recognise their status as Members of the European Parliament in June 2019

Following the holding, on 1st October 2017, of the referendum on the self-determination of Catalonia (Spain), criminal proceedings were brought against Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó and Antoni Comín i Oliveres (who, at the time, were President and Member of the Autonomous Government of Catalonia, respectively). Since Mr Puigdemont and Mr Comín had left Spain, those proceedings were suspended until they were found. National arrest warrants were issued against them. Mr Puigdemont and Mr Comín subsequently stood as candidates and were elected in the elections to the European Parliament which were held in Spain on 26 May 2019.

On 29 May 2019, the President of the European Parliament issued an instruction stating, first, that all the candidates elected in Spain should be refused access to the ‘special welcome service’ provided to persons newly elected to the European Parliament and, second, that those candidates’ accreditation should be suspended until official confirmation of their election.  (...)