Learn more

Former president of Catalonia Carles Puigdemont announced Wednesday that he is on his way back to Spain after years of avoiding the Spanish justice system. The separatist leader reiterated the trip to his native country was his last option to try to avoid what he said was a pro-Spanish regional government in Catalonia, which is set to take over this week after a vote in the regional parliament. “I have to be there, and I want to be. That is why I have undertaken the journey back from exile,” he said in a video on social media platform X on Wednesday. Earlier in the week, the separatist leader …

cuu