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	<title>Clara Ponsatí to become MEP despite Spain&#039;s electoral commission - VilaWeb</title>
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		<title>Clara Ponsatí to become MEP despite Spain&#8217;s electoral commission</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2020 10:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spain's Electoral Authority warns her seat will be left vacant if she fails to take constitutional oath]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="font-weight: 400">The Spanish electoral commission (JEC) has called Clara Ponsat&iacute; to take the constitutional oath in Spain on Thursday and warned that they will leave her MEP seat vacant if she fails to appear. Ponsat&iacute; is due to become an MEP when the UK leaves the EU on Friday, and five of its seats pass to Spain.</p>
<div id="protag-in_content_d_p"></div><script type="text/javascript">window.googletag = window.googletag || { cmd: [] };window.protag = window.protag || { cmd: [] };window.protag.cmd.push(function () {window.protag.display("protag-in_content_d_p");});</script><section class="w-screen -mx-8 lg:hidden mb-10 overflow-hidden"><div id="protag-in_content_m_p" class="vlw-banner-horitzontal"></div><script type="text/javascript">window.googletag = window.googletag || { cmd: [] };window.protag = window.protag || { cmd: [] };window.protag.cmd.push(function () {window.protag.display("protag-in_content_m_p");});</script></section><p style="font-weight: 400">Despite the warning from the JEC, it is likely that Ponsat&iacute; will be able to take her seat in the European parliament, even if she does not take the oath. The JEC made similar demands of the other exiled Catalan MEPs, Puigdemont and Com&iacute;n, but in the end the <a href="https://english.vilaweb.cat/noticies/european-court-of-justice-recognises-immunity-to-jailed-catalan-mep-elect-oriol-junqueras/">EU Court rejected</a> not taking the oath as a reason to exclude them from parliament and <a href="https://english.vilaweb.cat/noticies/eu-parliament-recognizes-junqueras-puigdemont-and-comin-as-meps/">they became MEPs</a>.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400">Ponsat&iacute; is currently in exile in Scotland where she is&nbsp;awaiting an extradition trial.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://english.vilaweb.cat/noticies/clara-ponsati-to-become-mep-despite-spains-electoral-commission/">Clara Ponsatí to become MEP despite Spain&#8217;s electoral commission</a> appeared first on <a href="https://english.vilaweb.cat">VilaWeb</a>.</p>
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