1 outlets · filed 6 October 2026
Catalan separatist leader Puigdemont set for Spain return after arrest warrant lifted
A Spanish judge on Tuesday lifted an arrest warrant for exiled former Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, paving the way for his return to Spain ahead of a general election in November. Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena made the move after Spain’s Constitutional Court backed extending a 202
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Both outlets center on the warrant being lifted for Carles Puigdemont and present it as opening the way for his return to Spain. The South China Morning Post adds the timing before a November general election and names Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena and the Constitutional Court in its extract, while the New York Times is more stripped back and says only that Puigdemont has been living in self-imposed exile in Belgium.
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