Toni Comín returns to Catalonia on foot across the Portbou border after his amnesty is confirmed
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The Catalan politician Toni Comín has returned to Catalonia after nine years outside Spain. Comín had been living in Brussels since 2017. He crossed the border on foot at Portbou, a town in the province of Girona on the coast.
His return is possible because the Supreme Court has confirmed that Comín benefits from the amnesty law. This law, approved by the Congress of Deputies in 2024, pardons the offences related to the Catalan independence process between 2012 and 2023. As a result, Comín no longer has any pending legal cases that prevent him from entering the country.
Comín left Spain in 2017, after the referendum of 1 October and the declaration of independence by the Catalan Parliament. Like other independence leaders, he decided not to return to the country to avoid Spanish justice. Since then, he has lived in Belgium, where he worked in European politics.
Comín's return is one of the best-known cases of the application of the amnesty. With this decision, the Supreme Court reaffirms that the law can be applied to the leaders of the procés. Other Catalan politicians living outside Spain are also following this case closely.
Sources: Demócrata
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