
Before Supreme Court ruling, Oriol Junqueras had hoped to take his seat in Brussels next Monday
The former vice president of Spain’s Catalonia region cannot take a European Parliament seat since he is imprisoned for sedition and other charges, the Spanish Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Carles Puigdemont, the former president of Catalonia, and Toni Comin, another Catalan separatist official, fled Spain in 2017 to avoid arrest. They are charged with sedition and misuse of public funds but have eluded a trail.
In May, they were also elected MEPs. Though they were originally prevented from taking their seats, they are expected to sit in the European Parliament in Brussels for the first time next Monday.
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