Catalan Separatist Leader Puigdemont to Return to Spain After Arrest Warrant Lifted
Spain's Constitutional Court ruled that an amnesty law for Catalan separatists applies to Carles Puigdemont, clearing the way for his return.
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Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont is set to return to Spain after the country's Constitutional Court ruled that an amnesty law covering Catalan separatists applies to him, lifting the arrest warrant that had kept him in self-imposed exile.
Puigdemont fled Spain in 2017 after leading an unauthorized independence referendum in Catalonia while serving as the region's president, a move that triggered a major political crisis and led Madrid to bring criminal charges against him, including rebellion and misuse of public funds.
He has lived outside Spain for years, largely in Belgium, while Spanish authorities pursued extradition efforts that were repeatedly complicated by legal proceedings in the countries where he resided.
Spain's government had passed an amnesty law aimed at resolving the long-running legal consequences of the 2017 independence push, a measure that proved politically contentious and faced legal challenges over whether it could be applied to Puigdemont and other separatist figures facing charges.
The Constitutional Court's ruling that the amnesty law applies to Puigdemont removes the principal legal obstacle to his return, though it remains unclear exactly when he plans to travel back to Spain or what political role he intends to resume domestically.
The case has remained one of the most closely watched legal and political sagas stemming from Catalonia's independence movement.
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- Catalan separatist Puigdemont to return to Spain after warrant lifted — Al Jazeera — All
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