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Puigdemont on latest ECJ ruling

(20 Dec 2019) The European Union’s top court said Friday that it wants a lower court to reconsider a decision to prevent ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont from taking a seat in the European Parliament, in a fresh legal victory for secessionist politicians from Catalonia. Standing outside the European Parliament building holding his member accreditation, Puigdemont told journalists that the decision was a "joyous day" for European citizens. Puigdemont and former Catalan health Toni Comin had appealed to the EU’s General Court to overturn a Spanish legal decision effectively disqualifying them from sitting in the assembly despite winning seats in the European elections in May. But the court rejected their request. It found that because the Spanish authorities didn't include their names on a list of lawmakers sent to the EU assembly, “the applicants were not officially declared as elected.” However, the higher European Court of Justice said Friday that the decision “is annulled and the matter referred back to the General Court to be re-examined.” Puigdemont and Comin have been living in self-imposed exile in Belgium since they fled Spain in 2017 as some of their associates were jailed over a banned independence referendum in Catalonia. Spain has issued warrants for their arrest, but they have launched a legal appeal against the move. In a separate decision, the European Court of Justice found Thursday that Oriol Junqueras, who was part of the Catalan Cabinet that went ahead with a banned independence referendum in October 2017, had a right to immunity because he was elected to the European Parliament earlier this year. Junqueras is currently serving a prison sentence for organising the referendum. Puigdemont said Junqueras was being illegally detained. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...