The ousted president of the Catalan government, Carles Puigdemont, was in Brussels on Monday 30 October, three days after the Spanish government triggered article 155 of the Spanish Constitution in response to the launch on the same day of a process meant to lead to Catalonia's independence (see EUROPE 11893).
Although the reason for Puigdemont's visit had not been officially announced as we were going to press, it would appear that he came to meet senior Belgian political figures,...