The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has provisionally restored parliamentary immunity to Junts Carles Puigdemont, Toni Comín and Clara Ponsatí MEPs.
The vice president of the CJEU has accepted the precautionary measures requested by the three MEPs requesting that their immunity be restored because their granting is "justified" given that they run the risk of being arrested, as happened to Puigdemont in Sardinia (Italy) last September .
This pronouncement annuls a previous order of the General Court of the EU that dismissed precautionary measures for the three politicians, considering that there was no risk that they would be arrested while the merits of their appeal against the decision of the European Parliament to accept the petitions issued by Spanish Justice, given that the European Arrest and Surrender Orders issued against them are suspended throughout the EU.
This Tuesday's decision is precautionary, waiting for the CJEU to decide on the merits of the matter, that is, the appeal filed by Puigdemont, Comín and Ponsatí against Parliament's decision to withdraw their immunity for having approved the petition that has requested by the Spanish Supreme Court.
