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Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and minister Toni Comín have now entered the European parliament's building, after EP president David Sassoli (left) lifted the ban on the pair (Photo: European Parliament)

Sassoli stuck in middle as Catalan MEPs enter building

The president of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, has now urged his own parliament's legal services, plus the relevant Spanish authorities, to study the bombshell ruling this week from the EU's top court that a jailed Catalan leader has "immunity" as an MEP.

And, speaking to MEPs at Thursday's (19 December) plenary session in Strasbourg, he warned the verdict could affect the overall composition of the chamber.

The parliament's legal services are currently analysing whether...

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and minister Toni Comín have now entered the European parliament's building, after EP president David Sassoli (left) lifted the ban on the pair (Photo: European Parliament)

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

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