Overview
- The 95-year-old former Catalan president was admitted to Barcelona’s Clínica Sagrada Família with a low-severity pneumonia, according to family and media reports.
- The Audiencia Nacional is set to open the trial of Pujol and his children on alleged illicit association and money laundering on 24 November.
- A forensic doctor from the Barcelona courts examined Pujol this week to inform the court on his capacity to travel to Madrid.
- Defense submissions cite Alzheimer’s blood markers, severe verbal memory impairment, and a recognized 75% disability as grounds for remote participation.
- If he is deemed incapacitated, the proceedings against him would be archived, mirroring the 2021 decision in the case of his wife, Marta Ferrusola.