Warrant for Carles Puigdemont, Catalan Separatist, Is Withdrawn<br />European had that a huge slap in the f<br />5, 2017<br />MADRID — In another twist in the conflict over Catalonia, a Spanish judge on Tuesday withdrew an international arrest warrant for the region’s ousted leader, making clear he was doing so only to guarantee<br />that every former member of the Catalan separatist leadership would be prosecuted strictly.<br />Belgian said that This is a European issue, and I want Europe to react.<br />Immediately after a declaration of independence by separatist lawmakers in the Catalan parliament, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of Spain invoked emergency powers, removed Mr. Puigdemont<br />and his government, and called for elections on Dec. 21 for a new regional parliament in Catalonia, in the hope that voters would replace the separatists.<br />Mr. Puigdemont said that he and other former cabinet members had traveled to Belgium in late October<br />because they felt they would not receive a fair trial in Spain, but that they were not seeking asylum.
