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Spain’s Supreme Court applies amnesty to four Catalan leaders
Spain’s Supreme Court applied the amnesty law to four Catalan independence leaders: Oriol Junqueras, Jordi Turull, Raül Romeva and Dolors Bassa.
The four were among leaders of the Catalan independence movement who faced penalties linked to the Procés.
The decision lifts their political disqualification, allowing Junqueras to seek elected office again.
Junqueras and other independence politicians called the ruling a victory, while Spain’s and Catalonia’s governments welcomed it as a step towards political normalisation.
The amnesty has not yet been applied to Carles Puigdemont, Toni Comín and Lluís Puig, whose cases are still pending.
The next step is whether the law will be applied to them, as well as to other people named in pending cases.
Spain’s Supreme Court applied the amnesty law to four Catalan independence leaders: Oriol Junqueras, Jordi Turull, Raül Romeva and Dolors Bassa.
The ruling ended their criminal liability and lifted their political disqualifications.
The leaders and Catalan independence parties celebrated the decision, while Carles Puigdemont and others remain awaiting decisions in their cases.
Catalan President Salvador Illa and Spain’s government also welcomed the move, saying it supports political normalisation and coexistence.
- Who
- The Supreme Court applied the amnesty to Oriol Junqueras, Jordi Turull, Raül Romeva and Dolors Bassa.
- What
- The court applied the amnesty law, ending their criminal liability and lifting their political disqualifications.
- When
- October 20, 2026.
- Where
- Spain; the ruling was made by the Supreme Court and concerns Catalan independence leaders.
- Why
- The court applied the amnesty law. The sources do not state a further reason for the ruling.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The Supreme Court applied the amnesty to Junqueras, Turull, Romeva and Bassa.
The four leaders and independence parties celebrated the ruling, while Catalan and Spanish government representatives welcomed it.
- People covered
- Oriol Junqueras, Jordi Turull, Raül Romeva and Dolors Bassa
- Court
- Spain’s Supreme Court
- Political disqualification
- Lifted for the four leaders
- Junqueras’s reported prior disqualification end date
- 2031
- Other cases awaiting action
- Carles Puigdemont, Toni Comín, Lluís Puig, Josep Maria Jové and Lluís Salvadó
7 sources
La aplicación de la amnistía lleva a la ruptura total entre el Constitucional y el Supremo
El independentismo celebra que con la aplicación de la amnistía “se pone fin a una injusticia”
El Supremo amnistía la malversación a Junqueras y tres exconsejeros con fuertes críticas al Constitucional
What people are saying
They were afraid of us and they are right to be
It is not forgiveness, it is justice
Politics wins over judicialisation, agreement over deadlock and the future over the conflicts of the past
Dragging their feet, late and grumbling... but the Supreme Court has no choice but to sign the capitulation