Exiled Catalan leader has Europe-wide arrest warrant dropped
Spanish prosecutors have dropped a European Arrest Warrant for former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont over his part in last October's controversial independence referendum.
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Spanish prosecutors have dropped a European Arrest Warrant for former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont over his part in last October's controversial independence referendum.
A German court has ruled that former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, who led the Spanish region's recent failed bid for independence, can be extradited to Spain on a corruption charge, but not on a charge of rebellion against the government in Madrid.
Protests broke out in Barcelona Sunday following the news that Catalonia's former separatist leader Carles Puigdemont was detained in Germany.
The former leader of Catalonia urged Madrid to enter political negotiations following a regional election that gave pro-independence parties a majority in the Catalan parliament.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Friday dismissed a call by former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to meet, a day after regional elections gave pro-independence parties a majority in Catalonia's parliament.
The Spanish supreme court has withdrawn a European arrest warrant for the ousted president of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont.