The President of the European Parliament in office at the time of the 2019 European elections, Antonio Tajani, should have recognised the status of Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó and Antoni Comín i Oliveres as MEPs after their election, according to the Advocate General of the CJEU Maciej Szpunar. In his opinion published on 11 April (Case. C-600/22 P), the latter is seeking the annulment of the judgment of the General Court of the EU of July 2022 (see EUROPE 12988/29).
In this judgment, the Court ruled inadmissible the two separatists’ action against President Tajani’s decision not to recognise their status as Members of the European Parliament and the rights associated with it, in a letter dated 27 June 2019. At that time, the President of the Parliament had questioned the election results on the basis of a communication from the Spanish authorities. The Advocate General points out that this communication did not accurately reflect the results.
In his view, the election results that the President of the Parliament should have taken into account were those contained in the official declaration of 13 June. Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó and Antoni Comín i Oliveres were included in that declaration.
See the opinion: https://aeur.eu/f/bqp (Original version in French by Léa Marchal)