In Spain, the way is now clear for the return of Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont. The country’s supreme court has ruled that an amnesty law must be applicable to Catalan separatists, even when they are accused of embezzling public funds. Puigdemont stood accused of using public funds to campaign in favour of Catalan independence.
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Spain’s supreme court paves way for return of Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont
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Carles Puigdemont is best known as the former president of the autonomous Spanish region of Catalonia. He is a fervent advocate of Catalan independence and a key figure in the Catalan quest for self-determination.
Puigdemont has been living in exile for nine years now. Shortly after the 2017 independence referendum in Catalonia, the Catalan parliament’s declaration of independence and the national government’s dissolution of the Catalan government, he fled Spain.
Puigdemont spent several years – either entirely or in part – in Belgium.