Tag: Carles Puigdemont

Puigdemont en prisión preventiva en Alemania mientras se resuelve su extradición

MADRID, España (Eagle News Service) — Carles Puigdemont se mantendrá en prisión mientras tramita la petición de entrega a España. Esto lo ha decidido el tribunal regional en Schleswig-Holstein de Alemania, un día después de que el ex-presidente fuese arrestado por rebelión mientras intentaba volver  por carretera desde Dinamarca a Bélgica, donde reside desde que se evadió. El arresto fue en cumplimiento de una euroorden de detención emitida por el Tribunal Supremo español. Aparte de Puigdemont, que ha pasado […]

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German court keeps ex-Catalan leader Puigdemont in custody

by Sebastian Bronst with Daniel Bosque in Barcelona Agence France-Presse NEUMÜNSTER, Germany – A German court on Monday kept former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont in custody pending possible extradition to Spain to face “rebellion” charges. Puigdemont will “remain in detention for the time being, until a decision is made concerning the extradition procedure,” the regional court in Kiel, northern Germany, announced a day after Puigdemont was arrested. The former Catalan leader’s detention in Germany, which […]

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German police arrest ex-Catalan leader Puigdemont

by Hui Min Neo with Daniel Silva in Madrid Agence France Presse German police on Sunday arrested Catalonia’s former president Carles Puigdemont as he crossed the border with Denmark by car, after Spain’s Supreme Court vowed to prosecute key separatists over their breakaway bid. The arrest puts the fate of Puigdemont in the hands of German courts, which would have to decide whether to hand him over to Spanish authorities to face charges of “rebellion […]

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Ousted Catalan leader’s comeback bid delayed

by Diego URDANETA (Agence France-Presse BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) – The speaker of Catalonia’s parliament postponed a crunch vote Tuesday to formally re-elect ousted president Carles Puigdemont into office, delaying his controversial comeback bid. But Roger Torrent defended Puigdemont’s right to be re-elected by Catalan lawmakers despite a court ban after separatist parties won a majority in December elections and the former regional leader was officially nominated as candidate for the presidency. “Today’s plenary session… is postponed,” he […]

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Catalan parliament meets as sacked leader seeks comeback

by Daniel Bosque with Michaela Cancela-Kieffer in Madrid Agence France Presse BARCELONA, Spain – Catalonia’s parliament met Wednesday for the first time since it was dissolved following a failed bid to break from Spain in a session that will see separatists start the process to get sacked regional leader Carles Puigdemont back into power. Pro-independence parties are in the majority after winning regional elections on December 21 called by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to try and put […]

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Puigdemont says ‘no one can dispute’ Catalan separatists won vote

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Deposed Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont said from self-imposed exile in Belgium that it was indisputable that separatists had won Thursday’s key regional vote. “This is a result which no one can dispute,” Puigdemont told supporters in Brussels as partial results showed that pro-independence parties were on course for an absolute majority. “I think we have earned our right to be listened to.” As loyalists shouted “president, president,” Puigdemont also lashed out […]

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Axed Catalan leader slams EU for ‘helping’ Spanish PM

by Toni Cerda with Daniel Bosque in Barcelona Agence France-Presse BRUXELLES, Belgium (AFP) — Catalonia’s sacked leader on Tuesday slammed the European Union for backing Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in his bid to quash secession, after calling on pro-independence parties to unite for next month’s regional election. “Will you accept the result of the Catalan referendum or will you continue to help Mr Rajoy in his coup d’etat?” Carles Puigdemont, who was dismissed by Madrid last […]

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Axed Catalan leader spurns Spanish legal summons

by Simon Sturdee with Laurence Boutreux in Barcelona Agence France-Presse MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Axed Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont’s lawyer confirmed Wednesday his client will spurn a Spanish legal summons to be grilled about alleged rebellion and sedition in his quest for independence. “He will not go to Madrid and I have suggested that he be questioned here in Belgium,” Paul Bekaert told Spanish television channel TV3. Puigdemont, currently in Brussels, and 13 other members of his […]

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Puigdemont ‘not going to Spain’: lawyer

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — Catalonia’s axed separatist leader Carles Puigdemont will not return to Spain as there is a “good chance that he would be detained,” his lawyer has said. Speaking to Dutch public newscaster NOS late Tuesday, Belgian lawyer Paul Bekaert said “as far as he told me, that’s not going to happen” when asked if his client would go back to Spain. “That’s because we are awaiting further reactions from the Spanish […]

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In Belgium for ‘safety’, axed Catalan leader is summoned to Spain court

by Marine Laouchez with Daniel Silva in Madrid Agence France-Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Spain’s top criminal court on Tuesday summoned Catalonia’s axed separatist leader for questioning, hours after he appeared in Brussels insisting he remained the “legitimate president” of a region now under direct rule from Madrid. The National Audience in Madrid, which deals with major criminal cases, summoned Carles Puigdemont and 13 other former members of his administration, dismissed by Spain’s central government last week, […]

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Catalonia’s ex-leader seeking legal advice in Belgium

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Carles Puigdemont, who was removed from office as Catalonia’s president last week by Madrid’s central government, spoke with a lawyer in Belgium on Monday as Spanish prosecutors sought rebellion charges against the region’s separatist leaders. But Paul Bekaert, who specializes in asylum issues, said “Puigdemont is not in Belgium to request asylum,” only to prepare a legal riposte to any eventual moves by Madrid. “On this matter (asylum) nothing has yet been decided,” […]

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Rift deepens in wrangle over Catalonia’s autonomy

by Marie Giffard with Mariette le Roux in Madrid BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — Catalonia appeared to be steering for a head-on clash with Spain  Wednesday after its separatist leader snubbed senators in Madrid preparing to depose his independence-seeking government before week’s end. As pro-secession activists protested in Barcelona, Carles Puigdemont turned down an invitation to address legislators in the Spanish capital on his threat of a unilateral Catalan breakaway. His refusal left little hope that Spain’s move to […]

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