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Catalonia’s former president Carles Puigdemont, who is wanted under a European arrest warrant issued by Spain, left Finland for Belgium yesterday.
A Finnish lawmaker who organised his visit to the Nordic country confirmed this. The warrant against Mr Puigdemont was issued on Friday, a day after he arrived in Finland.
The ex-leader has been living in self-imposed exile in Belgium since last October’s banned referendum that backed Catalonia’s unilateral secession bid.
Meanwhile, tensions in Catalonia are very high and its separatist leaders have abandoned plans to name a new president following the arrest of the latest candidate.
Thousands of protesters descended on the streets of Catalonia after the country’s Supreme Court detained separatist leaders for their role in last year’s independence bid.