Carles Puigdemont
The European Parliament voted to deprive the former head of government of the rebellious Catalonia Carlo Puigdemona and two other separatist legislators, whom Spain accused of trying to overthrow the state system, from parliamentary immunity. Reported by Reuters.
According to sources, votes were cast unequivocally in favor of such a decision.
The referendum on the independence of Catalonia took place on October 1, 2017. Then more than 90 percent of those who voted were in favor of leaving the region from Spain. After that, Puigdemont signed the declaration of independence of Catalonia and called on all countries of the world to recognize it as a sovereign state.
The central government tried to interfere with the referendum, using, among other things, forceful methods. As a result of the riots, 893 people were injured. Madrid did not recognize the outcome of this expression of will.
Later, the Spanish Supreme Court found the organizers of the autonomy's independence referendum guilty of mutiny and sentenced them to long prison terms.
