December 3, 2024

AndronETalksNews

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Carles Puigdemont: Italian extradition hearing delayed pending EU rulings

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By Euronews with AP

An Italian judge on Monday postponed the extradition hearing of Catalonia’s former president Carles Puigdemont pending decisions from the European Court of Justice.

Puigdemont’s Italian lawyer, Agostinoangelo Marras, said after the hearing that his client is free to travel and that a new date is to be set after European courts settle two issues.

The Italian court first wants to see how the European Union’s general court will rule on Puigdemont’s appeal to the lifting of his immunity as an MEP.

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