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"This is not the end of the journey I will travel to the last corner of our continent to defend the just cause of the Catalan people, the cause of democracy, the cause of freedom, the cause of self-determination ", said Mr. Puigdemont in a press conference at the Delegation of Catalonia to the European Union
"My trip will not end until all political prisoners are released, or the exiles will not be able to return home, "he added, alongside his successor Quim Torra, a radical independence activist.
M. Torra promised "more defeats to come for Spain if it continues" in the way of repression against Catalan separatists.
Nine Catalan leaders are currently in custody in Spain, for rebellion, and six other independent figures , including Mr. Puigdemont, live in exile.
"Free European"
Asked about the ongoing dialogue with the socialist government of Pedro Sanchez, Mr. Torra asked "to see if the dialogue is transformed into facts". "We are now asking the Spanish government for facts," he insisted.
The current Catalan president still considers Mr. Puigdemont as the legitimate president of Catalonia and besides, the latter has starred in the joint press conference
"There is not the slightest possibility that I can claim this status of political refugee, I am a free European, not only in the EU, but everywhere in the world. world except Spain, "said the former president of Catalonia deposed by Madrid.
Before his press conference in the European district, Carles Puigdemont had met in the morning members of the Catalan government and former Ministers in Exile
The objective of Mr Puigdemont, who recognizes that "no" Member State of the European Union supports him, is to "continue (…) to develop activities related to this that the people of Catalonia approved on 1 October ", in reference to the 2017 self-determination referendum banned by the courts and marked by police violence.
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