The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Advocate General issued an opinion yesterday on the preliminary questions the Spanish Supreme Court had submitted and aligned itself with judge Pablo Llarena's theses. Here are the questions and answers about the implications of the latest European ruling on exiles.

The defenses of former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, Toni Comín and Clara Ponsatí have sent a request to the Spanish Supreme Court (SSC) to clarify whether it has suspended arrest warrants against them after the European General Court (EGC) ruled last Friday that the European arrest arrest warrant had been suspended as a result of the preliminary questions raised by SSC magistrate Pablo Llarena. In a letter addressed to the SSC, the former president asks whether they have "dictated the appropriate instructions to make the suspension [of the arrest warrants] effective" and asks for a copy of the notifications that have been sent to the State's security forces, the Schengen Information System and Interpol.

The Legal Affairs Committee of the Council of Europe, an international body linked to the European Court of Human Rights that monitors compliance with human rights and democracy, has called for the pardon or release of Catalan political prisoners and the withdrawal of extradition proceedings against exiles. This is stated in the draft report prepared by the Latvian socialist deputy Boriss Cilevics, who has travelled to Madrid and Barcelona to prepare the report titled Should politicians be prosecuted for statements made in the exercise of their mandate? and which analyses the cases of Spain and Turkey.