Puigdemonts Lawyers want to file a complaint | TIME ONLINE

Schleswig (dpa) – After the decision of the German justice to extradite the Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont in Spain, his lawyers want to settle in Karlsruhe.

So Jaume García-Cuevillas was combative. He told Catalan television TV3: "The last word is still not pronounced."

The Higher Regional Court of Schleswig-Holstein (OLG) had said Thursday that the extradition of Puigdemont was admissible for embezzlement, but not because of rebellion – the main accusation of the Spanish justice [19659005]. The attorney general of the state wants to approve the measure these days.

Since the OLG has denied the charge of rebellion, Puigdemont Spain can only be prosecuted for embezzlement. According to the Spanish media, this does not want to accept the country's Supreme Court. Judge Pablo Llarena has already decided to withdraw the European arrest warrant against Puigdemont, the well-informed newspaper El Mundo reported Thursday quoting "sources close to the court". An official declaration did not exist at the beginning.

Puigdemont, 55, was arrested in late March on the basis of a European arrest warrant against Spain in Schleswig-Holstein in transit. He was imprisoned in Neumünster, from where he was released after twelve days under conditions.

Puigdemont called on the Spanish judiciary to exercise "justice". "Given the decision of the German courts, which consider the rebellion as inadmissible, I call for the immediate release of colleagues who are in prison," he wrote on Twitter. Several separatist politicians, including former Catalan Deputy Prime Minister Oriol Junqueras, are in detention in Spain.

The cause of the legal dispute was the referendum on the independence of Catalonia, which was held in October 2017. Puigdemont had allowed it to be suspended, although the central government and the courts declared it unconstitutional. At that time, there were violent riots against the Spanish police, who in turn sometimes went very hard against the voters.

According to Spanish justice, 1.6 million euros were spent for the referendum. She accuses Puigdemont of rebellion and embezzlement of public funds. He denies both charges. His current residence in Germany is known to the Higher Regional Court, but not to the public.