The European Commission, which is chairman Ursula von der Leyenwill defend for the EU Court of Justice (Tjue) Your critical report with the law of Amnesty promoted by the government of Pedro Sánchez.
It will do this in just over a month, in the public hearing that will be held in Luxembourg on July 15.
The opinion, exclusively unveiled by the Spaniards, argues that it is a “self -love” because it was “part of a political agreement to achieve the investment of the government”.
The law, inspired by Carles PuigdemontIt is “contrary to the principle of the rule of law” and does not respond “to an objective of general interest that is recognized by the Union,” said the assignment.
The committee intervenes in this issue in its capacity as Custody of the European Union.
The community leader has drawn up this report for the First of the four cases Against the Spanish amnesty law that the Tjue has already reached: the person sent by the Court of Accounts in July 2024 after a complaint from the Catalan civil society.
The second of prejudices was presented by the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia In September 2024 after a Vox complaint.
The other two issues were sent by the National Court (at the request of the Catalan Association of Victims of Terrorist organizations) and the Criminal Court number 3 of Vilanova and La Geltrú.
The European Commission started its investigation into the amnesty law in November 2023, even before it was approved, with a request for information by the then commissioner of Justice, Didier Reynders.
The Minister of Justice, Félix Bolañossaid that Brussels had “zero concern“On the criminal oblivion promoted by the government of Sánchez.
But the community director immediately denied him and assured that the law did ‘questions’. Criticisms that are finally expressed in writing in the report that was sent to the Tjue.
Commission spokespersons They implicitly confirmed the truthfulness of the documentAlthough they complained that he had come to light.
“We have seen the information and, as you know, we do not comment on leaks,” said the spokesperson, Markus Lammert, in response to El Español.
“Commission’s communication with the Tjue is not public. Since this filtration occurs in the middle of legal proceedings, it is certainly a shame. The leaks violate the Tjue procedural rules and endanger the serenity of legal proceedings, “he added.
“We do not comment precisely because legal proceedings are underway and it would be counterproductive for us to pronounce ourselves,” added von der Leyen spokeswoman Paula Pinho.
“This document should not be public or leaked at the moment. In order not to disrupt the procedures, We are not going to talk about one of the content“He lasted.
Fail in 2026
This hermeticism of Brussels will end in the image of the Tjue of July 15, which is open to the public and the press. There, the representatives of the committee will defend the conclusions of their critical report with the amnesty law and will have to respond to the issues of the judges.
In addition to the case that is put forward by the Court of Accounts, it will also be investigated in that hearing if the amnesty of the crimes of terrorism considered by law is compatible with community law.
In anticipation of that moment, the Executive Community does not intend to start a sanction procedure against Spain by the Amnesty Law, but will wait for the Tjue judgment, which is mandatory for the Spanish courts and also for the government.
The average process of processing the provisional prevailing requests was 17.2 months in 2024, Which means that the first statement about Amnesty’s law could reach at the beginning of 2026.
The controversy that the Law of Amnesty of Sánchez provides will also be collected in the Annual rule of law on Spainthat the committee will publish on July 8.
However, Van Brussel is not expected to make recommendations about whether the amnesty law should be withdrawn or changed, also waiting for the Tjue judgment.
