Puigdemont back in either his office in France or Brussels, according to his lawyer

Carles Puigdemont, the Catalan separatist leader, has evaded Spanish police and is now back in either France or Belgium, according to his lawyer.

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00:00Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has evaded Spanish police and is either back

00:07in France or Belgium, according to his lawyer.

00:12Puigdemont appeared in Barcelona on Thursday, where he gave a speech before disappearing.

00:18He let me know this morning that he is back at work.

00:21That means that he is either back in his office in South-France,

00:25or back in his office and home in Brussels, Waterloo.

00:48In 2017, he evaded authorities by sneaking out of Spain and found refuge in Belgium,

00:54before becoming a member of the European Parliament in 2019.