Carles Puigdemont, the Catalan separatist leader, has evaded Spanish police and is now back in either France or Belgium, according to his lawyer.
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00:00Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has evaded Spanish police and is either back
00:07in France or Belgium, according to his lawyer.
00:12Puigdemont appeared in Barcelona on Thursday, where he gave a speech before disappearing.
00:18He let me know this morning that he is back at work.
00:21That means that he is either back in his office in South-France,
00:25or back in his office and home in Brussels, Waterloo.
00:48In 2017, he evaded authorities by sneaking out of Spain and found refuge in Belgium,
00:54before becoming a member of the European Parliament in 2019.