Rajoy Hopes to Return Catalonia to ‘Normality’ With an Abnormal Election - The New York Times
CATALONIA
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BRUSSELS — The ousted leader of Catalonia recently addressed a rally of
separatist voters in a packed theater in the Catalan city of Igualada.
He was not among his separatist supporters, but spoke via satellite from
hundreds of miles away: in Belgium.
The long-distance campaign
for re-election by the leader, Carles Puigdemont, highlights the
unorthodox circumstances surrounding the Dec. 21 Catalan elections. They
were convened by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of Spain to defeat a
secessionist drive by Mr. Puigdemont and other separatist officials and
to return the restive region to what the Spanish leader called
“normality.”
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Puigdemont, the ousted leader of Catalonia, addressing separatist
voters in Igualada, Spain, on Dec. 9 via satellite from Brussels.CreditSusanna Saez/European Pressphoto Agency
