Di seguito la lettera, sottoscritta anche da Barbara Spinelli, inviata al presidente del Parlamento e ai vice-presidenti riguardante la questione del non-accreditamento dei parlamentari catalani neo-eletti.
Mr Antonio Tajani
President of European Parliament
Mairead McGuinness, Bogusław Liberadzki, Sylvie Guillaume, Ramón Luis Valcarcel Siso, Evelyne Gebhardt, Pavel Telička, Ioan Mircea Pasçu, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, David Sassoli, Rainer Wieland, Heidi Hautala, Livia Jaroka, Zdzislaw Krasnodebski, Fabio Massimo Castaldo
Vice-presidents of European Parliament
Dear Mr Tajani and Vice-presidents,
We are writing to you in order to firmly ask you to rectify your decision not to allow Mr Carles Puigdemont and Mr Toni Comín to enter into the European Parliament as newly elected MEPs.
As you well know, their list got 1.025.411 votes from European citizens. Banning Mr. Puigdemont and Mr. Comín from entering the European Parliament represents a violation of their political rights and the political rights of their voters.
What’s more, banning them from the European Parliament and allowing the rest of Spanish MEPs to continue the proceedings despite being in the same legal position is a clear case of political discrimination. And later, withdrawing all temporary accreditations given to Spanish MEPs-elect to avoid “political problems” with Spain, is also unacceptable, as the MEPs from the rest of European countries can work normally.
We call you to urgently rectify and to respect the results of the European elections. Mr Carles Puigdemont, Mr Toni Comín and Mr Oriol Junqueras (in preventive prison since November 2nd of 2017) have been elected and have right to be MEPs. We call you and the board of Vice-presidents to defend their political rights.
Best regards,
Ivo Vajgl MEP
Mark Demesmaeker MEP
Izaskun Bilbao MEP
Barbara Spinelli MEP
Martina Anderson MEP
Matt Carthy MEP
Marisa Matias MEP
Indrek Tarand MEP
Ramon Tremosa MEP
Josep-Maria Terricabras MEP
Jordi Sole MEP
More information:
Further information from European press:
– Politico
– Le Soir
26 May 2019 – Exiled President Puigdemont and jailed Junqueras win seats in Brussels
26 May 2019 – Map of the European elections results in Spain (President Puigdemont won the elections in Catalonia, dark blue colour)