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Separatist leader Puigdemont eyes return to Spain as Catalan vote looms
Barcelona (AFP) Mar 21, 2024
Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont is to unveil Thursday his plans for Catalonia's snap May election, a move that could bring forward his return home after years of self-imposed exile. A European Parliament lawmaker who fled Spain for Belgium to avoid prosecution over the botched 2017 Catalan independence bid, Puigdemont plans to announce whether he is running in the vote at a 7:00