# Puigdemont welcomes Spain's amnesty but warns it is not the solution for Catalonia

https://mins.news/en/item/89140

- euronews, 2026-10-07 05:34 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/07/puigdemont-welcomes-spains-amnesty-but-warns-it-is-not-the-solution-for-catalonia

> Catalan pro-independence leader Carles Puigdemont welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision to lift an arrest warrant linked to alleged embezzlement during the ‘procés’. But he cautioned that Spain’s amnesty is not a solution to Catalonia’s political problem.

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