Spain’s Supreme Court on Sunday said Catalonia’s former president Carles Puigdemont, who fled to Belgium in 2017 after a secession attempt, could contest EU polls this month. But this is only the beginning of the conflict. Should Puigdemont and the other two candidates who fled Catalonia win, they would have to go to Madrid to be sworn in, and there are arrest warrents awaiting them.
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