nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230407-190231-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230407s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230407-190231-0 doi eng 342 23 Sinha, Rohan Author aut Short Detention, Long Shadow - The Ponsatí Case and the Scope of Parliamentary Immunity Sinha, Rohan Verfassungsblog 2023-04-07 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Several videos show the arrest of Clara Ponsatí last Tuesday in the streets of Barcelona, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). Separatist politicians have forcefully condemned the arrest as an ‘attack on democracy’, ‘political violence’, ‘repression’ and ‘abuse of power’, while also asserting an egregious violation of an MEP’s immunity. This piece argues that the arrest warrant issued by the Tribunal Supremo on 28 March 2023 does not hold up against established constitutional principles. CC BY-SA 4.0 Catalonia European Parliament Immunity Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/short-detention-long-shadow/ raw object