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schema:articleBody	Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and two allies claimed Wednesday that moves to strip them of their immunity from prosecution as members of the European Parliament were politically motivated. The trio -- Puigdemont and former Catalan health and education ministers Clara Ponsati and Toni Comin -- are wanted for sedition by Spain over the organisation of a banned independence referendum in 2017. The European Parliament's legal affairs committee on Tuesday voted to recommend lifting their immunity as lawmakers, and the full assembly will now decide on the proposal next month. Puigdemont decried the vote, saying it was "as predictable as it is regrettable" -- amid accusations that Spanish lawmakers had pressured colleagues to end his immunity. "This demonstrates what we have always said, the political nature of the entire procedure," he said. He said the committee's decision set "a very negative precedent for dissidents and minorities" across Europe, but insisted the "battle will not stop in parliament". The former leader of the separatist movement of Spain's Catalonia region, which includes Barcelona, has been living in self-exile in Belgium to escape a Spanish arrest warrant over the failed 2017 independence bid. Comin is also in Belgium and subject to a European arrest warrant, while Ponsati works as a university lecturer in Scotland and faces an extradition claim there. All three were elected as MEPs in 2019, meaning they enjoy immunity from prosecution. Madrid asked the parliament last year to strip them of that privilege, but a vote on this by their fellow MEPs was delayed by the coronavirus crisis. The final decision to extradite them to Spain would have to be taken by the authorities in the countries where they are living. A Brussels appeal court last month upheld a decision not to extradite another pro-independence Catalan politician under a warrant issued by Spain. Other former Catalan leaders are serving hefty jail terms in Spain over the referendum. ahg-del/gd
schema:headline	Catalan separatists slam push to revoke immunity
schema:mentions	Carles Puigdemont Member of the European Parliament European Parliament Catalonia Clara Schumann Sedition Extradition Arrest warrant Spanish language Brussels Belgium Madrid Scotland European Union Province of Barcelona The Final Decision 2017 Catalan independence referendum European Arrest Warrant Parliamentary immunity Francoist Spain
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schema:datePublished	2021-02-24 (xsd:date)
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