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

Puigdemont leaves jail as Spain tells him: 'Submit to Spanish justice'

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Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont reacts during a press conference at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Carles Puigdemont loses appeal against loss of MEP immunity

30/07/2021

Catalan leaders hold a banner and Catalan pro-independence flag outside Lledoners prison in Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, near Barcelona

Catalan separatist leaders walk free from prison

23/06/2021

The released Catalan leaders hold a banner and a Catalan pro-independence flag outside Lledoners prison in Sant Joan de Vilatorrada.

Pardoned Catalan pro-independence leaders leave prison in Spain

23/06/2021

Pro-independence protesters demonstrate outside Gran Teatre del Liceu as PM is speaking inside

Pro-independence protesters demonstrate outside Barcelona's opera

21/06/2021

Spain's prime minister Pedro Sanchez said nine Catalans will be pardoned in a speech at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, June 21, 2021

'Abandon unilateralism', Spanish FM tells Catalan separatists

21/06/2021

Pere Aragonès said the pardons were a "partial, incomplete solution".

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Pardons are 'only a first step' to a deal with Spain: Catalan leader

18/06/2021

Demonstrators with the Catalan Estelada flag (left) and the Saltire painted on their faces during a protest to show solidarity with Catalonia in central Glasgow.

Scots and Catalans look to each other to ease independence woes

13/03/2021

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.,

Puigdemont has lost his immunity from prosecution. What happens next?

10/03/2021

The former Catalan leader has lost his parliamentary immunity.

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'It's political persecution': Carles Puigdemont on losing his immunity

09/03/2021

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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Puigdemont: 'Sad day' for democracy as MEPs vote to lift immunity

09/03/2021

Carles Puigdemont faces a moment of truth in the European Parliament.

brussels bureau

European Parliament to announce result of Puigdemont immunity vote

If MEPs strip the former leader of Catalonia of his special protection, he could be extradited to Spain and face trial.

08/03/2021

Carles Puigdemont is willing to take his case to the EU's top court.

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Puigdemont vows to keep fighting after MEPs vote to lift his immunity

24/02/2021

A masked voter places his ballot in a polling station in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Catalonia elections: Has the result made independence more likely?

15/02/2021

Pro-independence flags on display during a demonstration in Barcelona, October 2019.

Spanish police arrest 21 people in raids on Catalan separatists

28/10/2020

Carles Puigdemont, left, Quim Torra, centre, and Artur Mas, right, pose for a picture in Perpignan.

The troubled lives of Catalan presidents are an echo of Catalonia’s troubles within Spain ǀ View

19/10/2020

Catalan regional President Quim Torra leaves the Spanish Supreme Court in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.

Quim Torra: Court removes Catalan chief from office for 'disobedience'

28/09/2020

Catalan separatists rally amid coronavirus crisis

Effigy of Spanish king burned as tensions rise on Catalan National Day

12/09/2020

Bernat Solé i Barril

Bernat Solé i Barril: Reshaping the post-coronavirus world from a European point of view ǀ View

23/04/2020

olice surround Catalonia's former regional president Carles Puigdemont as he arrives at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Monday, Jan. 13, 2020.

Critics slam Puigdemont rally near Catalonia amid COVID-19 outbreak

29/02/2020

A Scottish Saltire flag blows in the wind near the Wallace Monument, Stirling, Scotland

An independent Scotland isn’t ready for EU membership. It needs a constitution first ǀ View

29/01/2020

Former Catalan regional police chief Josep Lluis Trapero in the dock at the National court in Madrid.

Former Catalonia police chief on trial for role in secession bid

20/01/2020

A book of the Spanish constitution is placed on the benches of opposition Catalan lawmakers inside the Catalan parliament in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Oct. 27, 2017

Oriol Junqueras’ trial shows the healthy functioning of Spanish law and democracy ǀ View

14/01/2020

Catalan leaders Carles Puigdemont and Antoni Comin attend a plenary in the hemicycle of the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Catalan separatist leaders take up MEP seats in blow to Madrid

14/01/2020

Oriol Junqueras

Oriol Junqueras is Europe and it has spoken with a loud voice: Spain must respect democracy ǀ View

09/01/2020

Carles Puigdemont, left, and Antoni Comin take a selfie at the European Parliament

EU parliament accredits Catalan separatists

07/01/2020

Catalan leaders recognised by European Parliament as MEPs

Catalan leaders recognised by European Parliament as MEPs

06/01/2020