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Carles Puigdemont has called for an extraordinary meeting in Brussels to address 200 mayors from the region of Catalunya. The gathering began two hours ago and is ongoing. The former Catalàn President and leader of the independentist movement spoke earlier, in Catalàn, English and French. Among other remarks, he questioned the vision of the EU in respect to the various regions of Europe:
"Mr Juncker [President of the Commission], Mr Tajani [President of the European Parliament]: Is this the Europe you want? A Europe with a [Catalàn] government in prison?
The mayors have been arriving since the morning by air from Barcelona and other regional airports. They plan to also issue a petition to the Belgian authorities and to the EU institutions aiming at putting pressure on Madrid's government to free the Catalàn MPs who were incarcerated last week.
Other speakers, and probably Puigdemont too, will intervene this evening.
Live streaming from Brussels here. Source Reuters, courtesy of LaVanguardia
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