00:00The European Court of Justice dismisses the appeal of Catalan pro-independence politicians
00:07Carles Puigdemont and Toni ComĂn to be considered MEPs which was filed in 2019.
00:15The Court of Justice believes that the lower general court of the EU acted correctly in
00:19considering that the President of the Parliament should follow the official list of MEPs that
00:24came from the document sent by the Member State.
00:29In 2019, Puigdemont and ComĂn won a seat in the European elections, but having fled
00:34to Belgium in 2017 after the Catalan independence referendum, they were unable to abide by the
00:40Spanish constitution, a key step in order to appear in the document sent to the European
00:45Parliament.
00:48The result that appeared in the Spanish electoral body is seen valid, but the European Parliament
00:53considered that the official list was only the one sent to them by Spain.
01:01The decision is particularly relevant for ComĂn who ran in the last elections for the
01:05European Parliament and won, but he has so far been unable to take his seat and it looks
01:10like he will remain so after the ruling.
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