The still acting Minister of the Presidency, Relations with the Cortes and Democratic Memory and future Minister of Justice, Félix Bolaños, asked the European Commission this Monday to respect “the political and parliamentary debate in Spain in the face of attempts by some political groups to convert an internal and Spanish debate into a European issue”, and assured that the Amnesty Law “does not affect the interests and rights of the European Union in any way”.
This is how sources from the Ministry of the Presidency assured that the conversation held by Bolaños with the Vice President of Values ??and Transparency, Vra Jourová, and the Commissioner of Justice, Didier Reynders, took place with the “purpose of telling them” the Government’s position on the proposed law. of Amnesty presented by the Socialist Parliamentary Group in the Congress of Deputies.
Last week, as soon as it was registered, the minister sent the text of the future Amnesty Law to both Jourová and Reynders after the latter’s requests.
In the conversation, always according to Presidency sources, the minister put himself at the “entire disposal” of the vice president and the commissioner to provide them with “all the information they need about the procedure and content of the legislative initiative.” Furthermore, for this purpose, he will visit Brussels next week to hold meetings with both of them.
Bolaños emphasized that this bill responds to “the will shared by the absolute majority of the parties in Congress to normalize the institutional, political and social situation in Catalonia, and to open a new stage that overcomes the tension of recent years.” “, according to these sources.
It is, therefore, they say, “a political issue of internal scope that is, furthermore, fully consistent with the European order and values ??and impeccable from a constitutional perspective, by seeking an objective contemplated in the preamble of our Constitution: guaranteeing the democratic coexistence. Consequently, the bill does not affect the interests and rights of the European Union in any way. Quite the contrary, it is consistent with the values ??of the Union,” the Executive assures.
Finally, Bolaños asked “to respect the political and parliamentary debate in Spain in the face of attempts by some political groups to turn an internal and Spanish debate into a European issue. The rule of law in Spain is solid and will continue to be so,” defended the who will also be Minister of Justice starting tomorrow.