Puigdemont Rules Out Opposition Leadership on Return Carles Puigdemont confirmed Thursday that he will not assume the role of leader of the opposition in the Catalan Parliament if and when he returns to Catalonia, citing institutional respect for the presidency. Speaking in an interview on the 2Cat program Pla Seqüència, the former president of the … Read more
Carles Puigdemont will not return to Catalonia during the ongoing electoral campaign, according to statements made by his defense attorney, Gonzalo Boye, on Catalunya Ràdio. The legal team’s stance aligns with a timeline where the former regional president remains abroad until after the November 29 elections, countering what Boye characterized as the Spanish Socialist Workers’ … Read more
“Puigdemont could return today if he wanted to,” said Félix Bolaños, Spain’s Minister of the Presidency and Justice, during an interview with the Ser radio network on Tuesday morning. The remark follows the Constitutional Court’s decision to endorse the amnesty law covering leaders of the Procés, opening the door for exiled politicians to re-enter Spain. … Read more