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Spain withdraws international arrest warrants against former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and five other pro-independence leaders who have fled abroad. Moreover, it also refuses the extradition of Puigdemont for the only head of malfeasance.
It is a battle which lasts for months and of which one does not still seem to see the issue. For several weeks, Spain has been seeking to extradite former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont – along with five other pro-independence leaders – from Germany and to try him for "rebellion", a crime punishable by 25 years' imprisonment. Berlin finally declared its support for his extradition, but only for embezzlement of public funds. But this, Spain does not want and cancels the coup the international arrest warrants required against Puigdemont and his five colleagues. However, they will be arrested if they come to Spain.
→ If the Spanish courts had accepted the extradition of Puigdemont in the words of the Schleswig-Holstein court, it could not have tried former Catalan president for rebellion and sedition.
Carles Puigdemont, wanted by the Spanish courts after proclaiming the independence of Catalonia last October, had fled to Brussels. He was arrested in March in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany, while was returning from a meeting in Denmark . In early April, the Schleswig-Holstein court authorized his release on bail of 75,000 euros.
The Spanish government insists that the former president of the Generalitat be tried in Spain for his role in the attempt of secession. The charge of misappropriation of public funds may result in a maximum sentence of eight years in prison that of rebellion a sentence of up to 30 years of detention. The battle is therefore still under way and not ready to be over.
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