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Catalan leader Puigdemont promises to return for extradition hearing

By DW
27 September 2021   |   10:19 am
Spain is still trying to extradite Carles Puigdemont over a 2017 Catalan independence vote conducted without Madrid's consent. The separatist leader said he would leave Italy but return for a hearing next month.

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