MADRID, Sept 24 ― European MEP and former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont ― in exile in Belgium since 2017 after an attempt by the region to gain independence through a referendum that Spain ruled was unconstitutional ― was arrested in Italy on Thursday, his lawyer said. “President.
Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, who fled Spain after a failed secession bid for the northeastern region in 2017, was detained Thursday in Sardinia, Italy, his lawyer said.