11/03/2019 (Agence Europe) – The former separatist president of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, was nominated by his independence party Junts per Catalunya (JxCat, literally 'Together for Catalonia') to run in the European elections, according to the Spanish national press, on Sunday 10 March. Mr Puigdemont has been living in exile in Belgium since the Catalan independence referendum was held in October 2017 (see EUROPE B11894A1). On Friday 8 March, Oriol Junquerasas was nominated...