The Belgian justice system on Thursday officially ended judicial proceedings against ousted Catalan premier Carles Puigdemont and four former members of his government who fled to the northern European country after the Catalan regional parliament voted through a unilateral declaration of independence on October 27.
The move by the Belgian authorities comes nine days after Spain’s Supreme Court withdrew an European arrest warrant for Puigdemont and his ministers originally issued by Spanish High Court judge on November 3. Both moves show that the Catalan democratic government decision to flee to Belgium was right and that the Spanish justice has no equivalent in Belgium nor the rest of Europe. The withdrawal of the European arrest warrant also means that Puigdemont and his former ministers are no longer required to remain in Belgium, to provide points of contact, or to present themselves to the authorities when required.
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