100 thousand with Puigdemont in France

(ANSA) - ROME, FEBRUARY 29 - Crowds today for the Catalan ex-president Carles Puigdemont in southern France.
The MEP, who fled Spain after the 2017 referendum-paratista, brought together over one hundred thousand people in Perpignan, almost on the border with Catalonia, during the week in which the dialogue between Madrid and Barcelona opened. Loriferisce El Pais.
Puigdemont in his speech ignored the negotiation and appealed to the "final battle" for independence. "Larepubblica is the only guarantee to put an end to a monarchical regime heir to Francoism, an unjust and allergic regime to 'catalanidad'," he said.
It is the first time that the former Catalan leader has ventured so close to Spain since he exiled himself to Brussels because he risked extradition. But the situation has changed for him since he was granted immunity as members of the European Parliament after the elections last May.