The European Court of Justice has backed former European Parliament president Antonio Tajani's decision not to recognise Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont as an MEP, ruling that Tajani "merely did what he was required to do."
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00:00The European Court of Justice dismisses the appeal of Catalan pro-independence politicians
00:07Carles Puigdemont and Toni ComĂn to be considered MEPs which was filed in 2019.
00:15The Court of Justice believes that the lower general court of the EU acted correctly in
00:19considering that the President of the Parliament should follow the official list of MEPs that
00:24came from the document sent by the Member State.
00:29In 2019, Puigdemont and ComĂn won a seat in the European elections, but having fled
00:34to Belgium in 2017 after the Catalan independence referendum, they were unable to abide by the
00:40Spanish constitution, a key step in order to appear in the document sent to the European
00:45Parliament.
00:48The result that appeared in the Spanish electoral body is seen valid, but the European Parliament
00:53considered that the official list was only the one sent to them by Spain.
01:01The decision is particularly relevant for ComĂn who ran in the last elections for the
01:05European Parliament and won, but he has so far been unable to take his seat and it looks
01:10like he will remain so after the ruling.