Member of the European Parliament Carles Puigdemont stated on X that Catalonia needed an ambitious and solvent government to restore national ambition and draw the architecture of the future Catalonia.
The Catalan leader and former president launched his candidacy for Catalonia’s presidency in March in a snap regional election to be held on May 12.
I have decided to run in the upcoming Catalan parliament elections. It is necessary to protect the institutions of our country above all other things.
Puigdemont held the position from 2016 to 2017, when he led efforts to organise a referendum to declare Catalonia an independent republic. Immediately after the vote, Spanish authorities attempted to arrest him and other leaders involved in the self-determination vote, prompting him to flee to Belgium, where he has lived ever since.
