Carles Puigdemont reappeared on Thursday morning in Barcelona and fled again after taking part in an event with his followers near the Parliament. The Supreme Court is seeking him for embezzlement after refusing to grant him an amnesty. What seemed to be the end of a journey through Europe that began seven years ago is actually a new chapter with a new escape: we review the key stages.
June 9, 2017
Carles Puigdemont, then president of the Generalitat, announces that an independence referendum will be held in Catalonia on October 1. The Government calls on citizens to answer the question: “Do you want Catalonia to be an independent state in the form of a republic?”
October 10, 2017
Puigdemont declares the independence of Catalonia in the Parliament and immediately afterwards suspends it: “We propose to suspend the declaration of independence for a few weeks to enter into a phase of dialogue.”
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October 21, 2017
The Government of Mariano Rajoy applies article 155 of the Constitution to intervene in Catalonia: it approves calling early elections in that community; it dismisses the presidentthe vice president (Oriol Junqueras) and all his advisors.
October 27, 2017
The Parliament approves, at the proposal of Junts pel Sí and the CUP, a resolution to declare the independence of Catalonia.
October 29, 2017
Puigdemont leaves for Brussels to avoid being brought before the courts.
November 2, 2017
The judge of the National Court, Carmen Lamela, decrees unconditional imprisonment without bail for the main organizers of the declaration of independence: Oriol Junqueras, Jordi Turull, Josep Rull, Meritxell Borràs, Raül Romeva, Carles Mundó, Dolors Bassa and Joaquim Forn. The next day, she orders the arrest of Puigdemont and four former ministers.
March 25, 2018
German police arrest Puigdemont as he drives across the border from Denmark into Belgium. former president He was admitted to Neumünster prison in Germany.
April 5, 2018
The German prosecutor’s office has requested Puigdemont’s extradition to Spain, but the court in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, does not consider the crime of rebellion admissible and agrees to release him on bail of 75,000 euros.
May 10, 2018
Puigdemont appoints Quim Torra as a candidate for president of the Generalitat.
May 26, 2019
European elections. Puigdemont’s list (JxCat) wins in Catalonia with almost a million votes.
October 14, 2019
Judge Llarena issues an arrest warrant, and Puigdemont himself voluntarily appears before the Belgian authorities and is released without bail but with conditions.
December 20, 2019
The European Parliament recognises Puigdemont and Toni Comín (number two on the JxCat lists) as MEPs, after the Court of Justice of the European Union established that this status is acquired from the proclamation of the results of the European elections.
September 23, 2021
Puigdemont is arrested in Sardinia (Italy) pursuant to an international arrest warrant issued by the Supreme Court. He is released the following day.
March 21, 2024
He announced at an event in Elna (south of France) that he is running in the Catalan elections on May 12 at the head of the JuntsxCat list. The new elections were announced months after Junts decided to leave the coalition government it had in the Generalitat with ERC. Puigdemont was one of the driving forces behind the breakup.
Meanwhile, the opinion of the Catalans has been changing: CEO surveys show a gradual decline in the independence movement since October 2017.
May 12, 2024
Puigdemont came second in the Catalan elections, with 35 seats, seven less than those won by Salvador Illa (PSC). A month earlier, he had announced that he would leave active politics if he was not elected. president.
August 7, 2024
He publishes a video announcing that he is on his way back to Catalonia.
August 8, 2024
After participating in an event, Puigdemont disappeared amidst heavy police surveillance. The Mossos deployed a special operation, which congested traffic, without results. The only arrest was that of a Mossos officer accused of helping the former president to flee.
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