Spanish judges have waded into a row over a possible amnesty for Catalonian separatists in return for their support for a new Socialist-led government, arguing that it serves the interests of acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez but not the country.
Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont walks with Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Diaz, Jaume Asens, former Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain and Catalan MEP Antoni Comin, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium September 4, 2023. REUTERS/File PhotoMADRID, Nov 7 -
"From the moment is adopted, it will become a mere formal proclamation that will inevitably have to produce consequences to the detriment of the real interest of Spain." Meanwhile, protests by thousands of people in several Spanish cities against the amnesty in recent weeks are turning violent. Protesters hurled bins and bottles and shoved makeshift barriers set up by police who, unusually in Spain, responded with tear gas.
Separatist parties have raised fears that judges will also seek to water down the application of any amnesty law agreed by the Socialists and the separatists.
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