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Ex-Catalan leader and current MEP Carles Puigdemont denounces a "political persecution" and sees "a dark day for the European Parliament" as MEPs voted to lift his parliamentary immunity. SOUNDBITE
Catalonia's parliament is to hold a debate and vote on a new candidate for regional president, Jordi Turull, who risks being disqualified from holding office over his role in the region's separatist drive. IMAGES of Jordi Turull arriving at Catalan parliament.
Leaders of the deposed Catalan parliament arrived in Spain's Supreme Court on Thursday for questioning, but former leader Carles Puigdemont was conspicuously absent. IMAGES
Pro-independence Catalan mayors who had gathered at the Catalan parliament to watch the vote celebrate during the announcement that an independence declaration had been approved. IMAGES
Fresh from a parliamentary session that declared independence from Spain, Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont talked to his supporters inside Catalan Parliament. IMAGES
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