"The pro-independence forces main candidate for the presidency was Carles Puigdemont, the sacked Catalan president, currently in Germany. Spain has vowed to impede all attempts to elect him again and is fighting to get him extradited for rebellion and misuse of public funds from Germany. It’s in this country that he was arrested at the end of March, but a court decided he should be released while it considers the case against him. The Catalan leader’s presence in Germany has shocked many, there…and is even becoming an uncomfortable political issue."
Continued on catalannews.com
