Overview

• Speaking by videolink at a Junts event in Cornellà de Terri, Carles Puigdemont called the 2017 vote a “victory,” urged patience and said the movement had “found the formula.”
• A national arrest warrant remains in effect against Puigdemont as courts decide how the amnesty applies to his case.
• Oriol Junqueras set out his bid to be ERC’s candidate in a Barcelona conference, proposing a “new social contract” that includes a €1,420 Catalan minimum wage, housing rehabilitation and improved public transport.
• Junqueras remains ineligible due to a malversation disqualification running to 2031 unless court rulings or amnesty decisions lift the ban, with cases pending before the Constitutional Court and the EU court.
• The anniversaries also revive debate on the 2005 Estatut’s legacy after the 2010 Constitutional Court cutbacks, and many 1‑O leaders still face disqualifications or open cases awaiting amnesty application.