<br /> <p>Around 45,000 people marched in Brussels, Belgium, on December 7 to urge the European Union to support Catalonia’s push for independence from Spain, El Pais reported</a>.</p><p>The demonstrators gathered at the Parc du Cinquantenaire, where they chanted “Wake up Europe” and waved Catalan flags.</p><p>Catalonia’s former leader Charles Puigdemont also made an appearance</a> at the rally. He traveled to Belgium with four former ministers in November after Spain charged them with sedition and rebellion over Catalonia’s illegal independence referendum.</p><p>Spain’s Supreme Court withdrew an international arrest warrant</a> for Puigdemont and the former ministers on Tuesday in a move aimed to bring the case back to Spanish jurisdiction. Credit: Facebook/Albert Donaire via Storyful</p><br />
