Ex-Catalan leader to ask judge over parliament attendance

Catalonia’s fugitive ex-president Carles Puigdemont will soon request permission from a Spanish judge to attend a parliamentary session to form a new regional government, a separatist politician says.

Catalonia’s fugitive ex-president Carles Puigdemont will soon request permission from a Spanish judge to attend a parliamentary session to form a new regional government, a separatist politician says.

Josep Rull told Catalunya Radio on Sunday that Mr Puigdemont will do that in the next 24 hours to attend Tuesday’s investiture debate in Barcelona.