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| Carles Puigdemont: new bid to arrest Catalan ex-president | Carles Puigdemont: new bid to arrest Catalan ex-president |
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| Spanish prosecutors ask court to reactivate international warrant as he flies to Denmark | Spanish prosecutors ask court to reactivate international warrant as he flies to Denmark |
| Sam Jones in Madrid | Sam Jones in Madrid |
| Mon 22 Jan 2018 09.39 GMT | Mon 22 Jan 2018 09.39 GMT |
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| Spanish prosecutors have asked the country’s supreme court to reactivate the international arrest warrant for Carles Puigdemont after the deposed Catalan president flew to Denmark from Belgium. He has been living in Brussels for the past three months following the regional parliament’s unilateral declaration of independence. | Spanish prosecutors have asked the country’s supreme court to reactivate the international arrest warrant for Carles Puigdemont after the deposed Catalan president flew to Denmark from Belgium. He has been living in Brussels for the past three months following the regional parliament’s unilateral declaration of independence. |
| Puigdemont, who fled to Brussels at the end of October after being sacked by the Spanish government, is facing possible charges of rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds over his role in the push to split from Spain. He faces arrest the moment he sets foot on Spanish soil. | Puigdemont, who fled to Brussels at the end of October after being sacked by the Spanish government, is facing possible charges of rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds over his role in the push to split from Spain. He faces arrest the moment he sets foot on Spanish soil. |
| Early on Monday morning, the ousted leader flew to Copenhagen to take part in a conference on Catalonia. | Early on Monday morning, the ousted leader flew to Copenhagen to take part in a conference on Catalonia. |
| Spanish prosecutors had warned they would seek to renew the international arrest warrant that a judge had dropped in December because of a discrepancy between Belgian and Spanish law that would limit the charges under which Puigdemont could be extradited and therefore be charged with on his return. | Spanish prosecutors had warned they would seek to renew the international arrest warrant that a judge had dropped in December because of a discrepancy between Belgian and Spanish law that would limit the charges under which Puigdemont could be extradited and therefore be charged with on his return. |
| Puigdemont is trying to return as Catalonia’s president after December’s snap election, in which pro-independence parties retained their majority in the regional parliament. | Puigdemont is trying to return as Catalonia’s president after December’s snap election, in which pro-independence parties retained their majority in the regional parliament. |
| He hopes to be sworn in via videolink or by using one of his MPs to read his candidate speech when the regional parliament begins a debate to choose its new leader at the end of January. | He hopes to be sworn in via videolink or by using one of his MPs to read his candidate speech when the regional parliament begins a debate to choose its new leader at the end of January. |
| However, the Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, has said Puigdemont must attend the investiture debates in person. | However, the Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, has said Puigdemont must attend the investiture debates in person. |
| “It’s absurd that someone may intend to be a candidate to be the head of the regional government while being in Brussels and running away from justice,” Rajoy said last week. | “It’s absurd that someone may intend to be a candidate to be the head of the regional government while being in Brussels and running away from justice,” Rajoy said last week. |
| “This is no longer just a judicial and political problem. This a problem of pure common sense.” | |
| The Spanish government assumed control of Catalonia on 27 October after Puigdemont’s government held an illegal referendum and the Catalan parliament unilaterally declared independence, plunging Spain into its worst political crisis since its return to democracy four decades ago. | The Spanish government assumed control of Catalonia on 27 October after Puigdemont’s government held an illegal referendum and the Catalan parliament unilaterally declared independence, plunging Spain into its worst political crisis since its return to democracy four decades ago. |
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