The President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, announced on Thursday 23 July that Jordi Solé i Ferrando will fill the vacant seat of the Catalan ERC party leader, Oriol Junqueras, with retroactive effect from 3 January 2020.
This date corresponds to the decision of the Spanish Electoral Commission that Mr Junqueras, who is serving a prison sentence in Spain for sedition, cannot sit in Parliament, despite the fact that the Court of Justice of the European Union has recognised his...