A landmark legal decision could soon clear the way for the return of a former Catalan leader who has spent nearly a decade in self-imposed exile. After fleeing Spain in 2017 to evade prosecution over an unauthorized independence bid, he now faces a shifting political landscape where the final legal hurdles to his return appear to be collapsing. While nine of his allies served prison terms—later reduced to early releases—his own case has remained unresolved, leaving him living abroad. The constitutional court’s expected ruling this week marks a potential turning point in a prolonged standoff between Catalan separatists and Spanish authorities.
Nine years on from a failed independence push, former president Carles Puigdemont will find times have changedAfter years of legal wrangling, Spain’s constitutional court is expected to remove the last obstacle to the return of the former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont after nearly nine years in exile this week.Puigdemont fled in 2017 to avoid being jailed for his part in the failed and illegal independence push for which nine of his colleagues were imprisoned on sentences of up to 13 years, although all were released within three years. Continue reading...
