12/07/2018 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 12 July, the Schleswig-Holstein provincial court of appeal approved the extradition to Spain of the separatist former president of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont. The court based its arguments on embezzlement, not on rebellion. According to German daily newspaper Handeslblatt, the court explains that the Catalan referendum on independence(see EUROPE 11874), organised against the country's constitution, according to the Spanish central...