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| Jailed Catalan leader had immunity as MEP, court rules | Jailed Catalan leader had immunity as MEP, court rules |
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| Ruling is boost for Oriol Junqueras and Catalan separatist movement | Ruling is boost for Oriol Junqueras and Catalan separatist movement |
| A jailed Catalan separatist leader was a member of the European parliament despite not being able to take up his seat and so had immunity, the court of justice of the EU (CJEU) has said. | |
| The ruling is a boost for the Catalan separatist movement and Oriol Junqueras, who has been imprisoned in Spain since November 2017 over an illegal independence referendum. | The ruling is a boost for the Catalan separatist movement and Oriol Junqueras, who has been imprisoned in Spain since November 2017 over an illegal independence referendum. |
| In October he was sentenced to 13 years in jail for sedition and misuse of public funds relating to the region’s failed independence bid. | In October he was sentenced to 13 years in jail for sedition and misuse of public funds relating to the region’s failed independence bid. |
| The CJEU ruled that if Spanish authorities had wanted to prevent Junqueras from travelling to the European parliament, they would have had to request that the parliament waive his immunity. | The CJEU ruled that if Spanish authorities had wanted to prevent Junqueras from travelling to the European parliament, they would have had to request that the parliament waive his immunity. |
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