EU parliament recognizes exiled leader Clara Ponsatí as MEP
Former minister benefits from seats left vacant after Brexit and from EU court decision enabling Puigdemont's MEP status
Former minister benefits from seats left vacant after Brexit and from EU court decision enabling Puigdemont's MEP status
Ponsatí due to become MEP following brexit but Electoral Authority warns her seat will be left vacant if she fails to appear
Former Catalan president and ministers will return to "Catalan soil" for first time since 2017
Clara Ponsatí will become an MEP following Brexit on January 31
Thursday sees Clara Ponsatí return to court despite being on verge of becoming MEP due to Brexit on January 31
Former Catalan minister's next hearing will be on January 23, with prosecutor asking for her to be handed over to Spain for "high treason"
Clara Ponsatí summoned to court on December 12 for ongoing extradition case
Clara Ponsatí's lawyer is expected to argue that being forced to return to Spain would be an "abuse" of her "human rights"
Spain sends complementary information for extradition order described as "confusing" by Ponsatí's lawyer
In an official letter, Diana Riba argues that Josep Borrell committed "serious negligence" by posting classified document and calls for inquiry
British authorities say extradition order lacks "essential information" and says it's "urgently" needed
Supreme Court official requests reissue of extradition orders for Toni Comín, Lluís Puig and Clara Ponsatí on charges related to 2017 independence bid
People's Party to challenge decision in Constitutional Court
Yet, unionist party welcomes electoral authority's ban on former ministers running in European election as "logical"
JxCat names "temporary" candidates to stand in for three exiled leaders barred from EU elections