Taking up the position of the Committee on Legal Affairs(see EUROPE B12664A16), the European Parliament approved on Tuesday 9 March the waiver of the parliamentary immunity of the three Catalan MEPs Carles Puigdemont (400 votes in favour, 248 against, 45 abstentions), Toni Comín and Clara Ponsatí (in both cases: 404 in favour, 247 against, 42 abstentions), accused of sedition in Spain.
The majority vote in favour of lifting immunity was cast by the EPP, S&D and Renew Europe groups,...