On Friday 10 November, the President of the S&D group in the European Parliament, Iratxe García Pérez from Spain, said she was “surprised” by the attitude of the European Commission, which has intervened with the Spanish authorities regarding preparatory discussions on an amnesty law for Catalan nationalists, one of the conditions set by the latter for participating in a future government led by the Socialist Pedro Sánchez.
“Of course I am surprised”, said Ms García Pérez,...