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schema:articleBody	Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont arrived at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Monday and denounced Spain, which has issued a warrant for his arrest, for continuing to detain a former ally. "There is one European Union member state, Spain, that does not respect... the European rule of law," he declared as arrived to take up his seat as an MEP, accusing Madrid of illegally detaining Oriol Junqueras. Spain accused both Puigdemont and Junqueras of sedition for their part in organising a banned 2017 independence referendum in the Catalan region. While Puigdemont chose self-imposed exile in Belgium, Junqueras was detained in Spain and convicted in October. He is now serving a 13-year jail sentence. But both men were elected to the European Parliament in last May's European elections. Last month, the European Court of Justice ruled that MEPs enjoy immunity from prosecution at the moment they are elected, leading to calls for Junqueras to be freed and Puigdemont to be allowed to sit as an MEP. But the European Parliament, under speaker David Sassoli, stripped Junqueras of his mandate, leaving him in jail. Puigdemont has been allowed to take up his seat, but Spain is seeking his arrest. If Sassoli decides to strip Puigdemont of his immunity, the Catalan could find himself subject to Spain's European arrest warrant. Puigdemont missed the opening session of the parliament in July last year, fearing arrest if he travelled into France to reach the Strasbourg assembly. But on Monday, buoyed by the ECJ ruling, he dared make the short cross-border trip. Sassoli was expected to announce Puigdemont's investiture later Monday. But he may also inform members of Spain's request that they lift his immunity and allow the extradition process to continue. If MEPs decide to lift immunity, in a process that usually takes weeks or even months, an examination of the extradition that Belgium suspended in January could be reactivated. Catalonia's attempted secession triggered a crisis in Spain, which the newly formed coalition government in Madrid led by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is seeking to defuse through talks with the regional government. tjc-dc/rmb/jj
schema:headline	Wanted Catalan takes MEP seat, slams Spanish justice
schema:mentions	European Court of Justice David Sassoli Carles Puigdemont Member of the European Parliament Strasbourg European Parliament Catalonia Sedition Renminbi Extradition Coalition government Spanish language Belgium Pedro Sánchez Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Madrid France United States Investiture Oriol Junqueras 2019 European Parliament election 2017 Catalan independence referendum European Arrest Warrant Parliamentary immunity Secession Francoist Spain
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schema:datePublished	2020-01-13 (xsd:date)
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