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Chaos in Spain’s Catalunya: Police hunt exiled former leader Carles Puigdemont after speech near parliament declaring independence referendum legal

August 8, 2024 Politics 0

FORMER Catalan premier and fugitive from justice Carles Puigdemont returned to Spain on Thursday, seven years after he fled the country to escape arrest for his role in the 2017 drive for independence in the northeastern region. On arrival in Barcelona, he gave a speech to an estimated crowd of around 2,500 people outside the parliament building, during which he …