During a press conference to the Catalan Delegation to the EU on Saturday 28 July, when he returned to Germany, where he had been detained for four months, the former separatist President of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, did not mince his words when it came to the Union's silence regarding the Catalan crisis.
Questioned by the press about the European institutions' attitude to Catalan independence, the former leader did not attempt to conceal his bitterness and stated,...