The European Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, has requested “detailed” information from the acting Spanish Government about the amnesty law that the PSOE and Junts are negotiating to make the investiture of Pedro Sánchez possible and about which “serious concerns are expressed.” The letter has been shared by the general secretary of Ciudadanos, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, on his X account, but as laSexta has learned it has not yet been received by the Government. Furthermore, sources from Moncloa have indicated to laSexta that Reynders “must address the letter to the parliamentary groups”, since it will be an initiative of the groups and not of the Government itself.

In the letter, Rynders, a liberal and very close to the Citizens group in the European Parliament, addressed the ministers of the Presidency acting, Félix Bolaños, and Justice, Pilar Llop: “I would be grateful if you could provide me with more detailed information, in particular on the personal, material and temporal scope of this planned law.”

All after this Tuesday Ciudadanos asked the European Union to intervene to “avoid a fraudulent mutation of the constitutional order with an eventual amnesty to the process”. With a letter, the ‘orange’ party assured that “this negotiation is a qualitative leap that cannot be sustained in the EU.”

Rynders claims to echo “of the serious concern that this project has generated in Spain”. He assures that it is a matter of public debate and that complaints have reached the European Commission, many from citizens. For this reason, he ends the letter by stating that he “hopes” that the Spanish authorities guarantee the rule of law.

Now, the general secretary of Ciudadanos and MEP of the party, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, has celebrated the demand from the EU and has thanked Commissioner Reynders for “this important movement.” “Europe is already asking Sánchez for explanations for the amnesty he intends to grant to Puigdemont and many others responsible for very serious crimes,” he said while sharing the commissioner’s letter to the Spanish ministers.