Catalan separatists Carles Puigdemont and Toni Comín withdrew their candidacy to join the Greens/EFA group on Tuesday 28 January, on the eve of a vote within the Greens that seemed to be lost in advance.
Thus, in order to avoid losing face, the Catalans apparently preferred to withdraw their candidacy on the pretext of ideological incompatibility, rather than lose a vote. However, the decision by the two Catalans provoked a lively debate that lasted for more than an hour and a half within...