Warrant for Carles Puigdemont, Catalan Separatist, Is Withdrawn
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5, 2017
MADRID — In another twist in the conflict over Catalonia, a Spanish judge on Tuesday withdrew an international arrest warrant for the region’s ousted leader, making clear he was doing so only to guarantee
that every former member of the Catalan separatist leadership would be prosecuted strictly.
Belgian said that This is a European issue, and I want Europe to react.
Immediately after a declaration of independence by separatist lawmakers in the Catalan parliament, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of Spain invoked emergency powers, removed Mr. Puigdemont
and his government, and called for elections on Dec. 21 for a new regional parliament in Catalonia, in the hope that voters would replace the separatists.
Mr. Puigdemont said that he and other former cabinet members had traveled to Belgium in late October
because they felt they would not receive a fair trial in Spain, but that they were not seeking asylum.