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Catalan separatist leader Puigdemont set for Spain return after arrest warrant lifted

South China Morning Post 06 October 2026 17h ago
Catalan separatist leader Puigdemont set for Spain return after arrest warrant lifted
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A Spanish judge on Tuesday lifted an arrest warrant for exiled former Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, paving the way for his return to Spain ahead of a general election in November. Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena made the move after Spain’s Constitutional Court backed extending a 2024 amnesty law to include the crime of embezzlement. The law was aimed at easing tensions in the weal
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