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FILE - Empty seats inside Spanish parliament's lower house in Madrid, Spain, July 2023

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Protesters hold esteladas or independence flags as they take part in a demonstration during the Catalan National Day in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022.

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Carles Puigdemont is accused of sedition in Spain over the 2017 Catalonia independence referendum.

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European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks at the EU headquarters in Brussels.

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Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, leaves the jail of Sassari, in Sardinia, Italy, on Friday.

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From right, MEPs Antoni Comin, Carles Puigdemont and Clara Ponsati speak with each other prior to a media conference at the European Parliament in Brussels. March 9, 2021.,

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The former Catalan leader has lost his parliamentary immunity.

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Exiled former Catalan leaders and MEPs (from L) Antoni Comín, Carles Puigdemont and Clara Ponsatí give a press conference at the EU Parliament in Brussels, March 9, 2021.

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Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont as he prepares to address a media conference at the European Parliament in Brussels, Feb. 24, 2021.

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