{
  "id": 12370416,
  "title": "Mögliche Heimkehr aus Exil: Haftbefehl gegen Puigdemont aufgehoben - Rückkehr möglich",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/mogliche-heimkehr-aus-exil-haftbefehl-gegen-puigdemont-aufgehoben",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T11:32:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/moegliche-heimkehr-aus-exil-haftbefehl-gegen-puigdemont-aufgehoben-rueckkehr-moeglich/100260116.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Nine years after Catalonia's failed separatist attempt to secede from Spain, the arrest warrant against former regional leader Carles Puigdemont has been lifted. The Supreme Court announced the decision. Now, at 63, Puigdemont can return to his homeland at any time from his exile in Belgium. Investigating judge Pablo Llarena of the Supreme Court lifted the warrant. The Constitutional Court ruled that misuse of public funds for the illegal 2017 independence referendum also falls under the 2024 amnesty for separatists. Llarena argued that separatists had personally enriched themselves by using public funds for their personal independence referendum project, avoiding direct use of their own money. However, amnestying personal enrichment was explicitly not included in the 2024 amnesty law, according to the Constitutional Court's explanation cited by the newspaper El País.",
  "summary": "Nach neun Jahren Exil kann Carles Puigdemont ohne Haftandrohung nach Spanien zurückkehren. Das entschied der Oberste Gerichtshof nach einer Grundsatzentscheidung zum Amnestiegesetz.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
        "title": "Mögliche Heimkehr aus Exil: Nach neun Jahren Exil Puigdemont vor Rückkehr in die Heimat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/mogliche-heimkehr-aus-exil-nach-neun-jahren-exil-puigdemont-vor",
        "published": "2026-10-06T10:46:28.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}