Independence

Catalan separatists rally behind Puigdemont for president

Three separatist parties hold 70 out of 135 seats after elections on December 21

bloomberg

10.01.2018

Catalonia’s two main pro-independence parties agreed to support ousted regional president Carles Puigdemont’s bid for a second term in office to mount a new challenge to Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.

Puigdemont fled to Brussels in October as Rajoy fired the Catalan government and dissolved the region's parliament after it illegally attempted to declare independence.