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Rosa SULLEIRO

Separatist Leader Puigdemont Eyes Return To Spain As Catalan Vote Looms

Carles Puigdemont fled Spain after spearheading Catalonia's 2017 secession bid (Credit: AFP)

Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont is to unveil Thursday his plans for Catalonia's snap May election, a move that could bring forward his return home after years of self-imposed exile.

A European Parliament lawmaker who fled Spain for Belgium to avoid prosecution over the botched 2017 Catalan independence bid, Puigdemont plans to announce whether he will stand as a candidate at a 7:00 pm (1800 GMT) press conference in southern France.

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