European Commission says Germany acted “according to the rules” regards Puigdemont, rules out including ‘rebellion’ for EAW

The European Commissioner for Justice, Věra Jourová, said that Germany acted “according to the rules” regarding Carles Puigdemont’s extradition process. Talking to the press in Brussels, she also ruled out including “rebellion” or “sedition” in the list of European arrest warrant crimes, including 32 offenses, such as ‘corruption.’
“I don’t have any requirements of this kind from member states, we had some debates with Spanish colleagues last year but at this moment we are not continuing this dialogue,” she said. The deposed Catalan president is facing a European arrest warrant from Spain’s Supreme Court for rebellion and misuse of funds, but the high court in Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) rejected the former offence, while asking for more information to evaluate the latter.