Antoni Bassas' analysis: 'The Supreme Court versus the Constitutional Court'

Last night we returned from the Puglia region of Italy, in the heel of the boot, from a six-day trip with thirty ARA subscribers.

It has been a very pleasant experience, firstly because Italy never fails, due to its geography, its history, its gastronomy, and because, without wanting to look good, contact with the newspaper's readers confirms what we already know: they are well-read, prepared, informed, demanding people, with a vision of the world from Catalonia and in Catalan, and this homogeneous vision of reality is spearheaded by Quiri and Ester.

While we were in Italy, of course, the world hasn't stopped, and every day, at breakfast time at the hotel, the morning news on TV talked only about Trump's tariffs and how Giorgia Meloni, Musk's friend and Trump supporter, will negotiate more favorable terms for the market, but also about shoes.

One thing is clear: Trump is making everyone uncomfortableIt's costing companies billions in market capitalization, creating absolute uncertainty about the short-, medium-, and long-term future, which is the worst-case scenario for companies and the investment and pension funds that depend on it. Trump was seen as the businessman who wanted to lower taxes and make money on the stock market, but this view is outdated and outdated. Trump is a pathological narcissist, a nationalist, an actor who negotiates through threats. In short, there's no compass or GPS for this uncertain journey for the general economy, because a recession cannot be ruled out, which means more unemployment and more poverty.

Given the global magnitude of the effects of tariffs, every little thing seems small, but that doesn't mean it doesn't affect us. Sometimes for the better. Today, the government approved the end of water restrictions.

And yesterday we learned that the Constitutional Court has given itself until San Juan to resolve the PP's appeal against the amnesty law.

confirmed yesterday the president of the TCCount Pumpido, who recalled that they have 30 cases pending regarding the amnesty alone, including appeals, Supreme Court questions, and eight requests for protection from people who have not been granted the amnesty. He hinted that the Constitutional Court will accept some of the PP's challenges, but everyone assumes it will be favorable to the law. And then what will happen? Don't miss it: the main hypothesis is that judges Manuel Marchena and Pablo Llarena continue to refuse to grant amnesty to the leaders of the Process and go to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). Yes, you heard correctly, a Spanish court will take a ruling from Spain's highest court to a European court. It would be an unprecedented conflict in the judicial sphere, because apart from disagreeing with the highest interpreter of the Constitution and taking him to Luxembourg, the Supreme Court would succeed in making the amnesty even later. In other words, resistance to applying the law and internationalization of the conflict on the part of very Spanish Spaniards.

Apart from the personal issue of Marchena and Llarena, the political basis of so much resistance is explained by the president of the PP in Catalonia, Alejandro Fernández, who He has now written a book critical of Feijóo. And yesterday he said that the PP and the Spanish right in general are making the "structural error" of ignoring the fact that there is a process that is no longer strictly Catalan and that, if the PP doesn't fight to prevent it, it could culminate in "self-determination through a plurinational confederal republic." Once again, the old saying "the homeland is in danger."

Good morning.