EFA Group
3 July 2019The European Parliament must act to protect the rights of barred Catalan MEPs
The European Free Alliance urges the European Parliament to protect the political rights of the three MEP-elect Catalan representatives –Oriol Junqueras, Carles Puigdemont and Toni Comín– who have been barred from taking their seats by the Spanish judicial authorities, and calls for their recognition as elected members in order to ensure the chamber’s democratic legitimacy.…