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Catalan ex-leader, in Belgium, vows to keep up independence bid
BRUSSELS, July 28, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Catalonia’s deposed president Carles Puigdemont vowed Saturday to “defend the just cause of the Catalan people” as he held a news conference on his return to Belgium.
Puigdemont was able to travel From Germany to Belgium, where he has a home, as he no longer risks extradition to Spain after a Spanish court droppped a European arrest warrant for him.
“This is not the end of my journey. I will travel to the last corner of our continent to defend the just cause of the Catalan people,” he said.
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