Overview

• The court dismissed last-ditch appeals from the Partido Popular and the Senate against the 2023 amnesty law for leaders of the 2017 Catalan independence push.
• A 6–4 majority ruling upheld the law’s constitutionality and implicitly validated a right to self-determination under the 1978 Constitution.
• Conservative justice Enrique Arnaldo filed a dissent arguing that the refusal to recuse President Cándido Conde-Pumpido undermined the tribunal’s impartial appearance.
• Spain’s Supreme Court lodged its own constitutional challenge on June 27, contending that the decision breaches principles of equality and legal certainty.
• Separate referrals to the European Court of Justice have prompted a July 15 hearing to determine the amnesty law’s compliance with EU legal standards.