Overview
- Puigdemont formally requested the Constitutional Court to suspend the national arrest order, arguing that keeping it in place would cause irreparable harm to his liberty and political rights.
- He bases the move on Advocate General Dean Spielmann’s conclusions that Spain’s amnesty law is compatible with EU law and that cases should be closed when its conditions are met.
- The filing follows the court’s admission of amparo appeals and a separate proceeding on active arrest orders, with no deliberation date set.
- Prosecutors oppose lifting the warrant before the Constitutional Court rules on the underlying amparo, according to reporting on the case.
- The victims’ association ACVOT asked the EU court to seek clarifications from Spain’s Audiencia Nacional and to reopen the oral phase, asserting the Advocate General overstepped by addressing the contested ‘self‑amnesty’ issue.