Overview
- The Constitutional Court voted 7–5 to order the Supreme Court to apply an amnesty to the malversación (embezzlement) accusation tied to the 2017 'procés', explicitly covering ex-councillor Dolors Bassa and establishing a doctrine that benefits Carles Puigdemont.
- Hours after the court's decision, Supreme Court magistrate Pablo Llarena rescinded the national arrest and detention orders for Puigdemont and others named in the ruling.
- The far-right party Vox asked the Supreme Court to reactivate the arrest orders and filed an appeal against Llarena's lifting of detentions, opening a rapid legal challenge that could reverse the immediate effects of the ruling.
- Political reactions focused on the Sánchez–Junts agreement, with PSOE officials saying Junts blocked key housing decrees and helped pass many laws this legislature, and critics framing the amnesty as tied to past political bargaining.
- The decision has intensified a debate over judicial hierarchy and separation of powers, led some exiled figures such as Toni Comín to weigh returning to claim European Parliament mandates, and sets the stage for further Supreme Court and political contests.