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Catalan Exiles Stage Staggered Homecomings as Comín Prepares Border Walk

A recently passed amnesty cleared arrest orders, leaving leadership disputes and European Parliament questions unresolved.

Overview

  • Toni Comín formally obtained his eurodeputy credential at the Junta Electoral Central and has said he will return to Catalonia by walking across the French border this Sunday.
  • Carles Puigdemont remains in Waterloo while Spanish courts move to archive his case and he plans a separate, institutional return after the November 29 general election.
  • Lluís Puig crossed quietly this week, made a hometown appearance in Terrassa and has resumed his seat as a full deputy in the Catalan Parliament.
  • The new amnesty led judges to lift several detention orders that had blocked returns and created the legal space for multiple exiled leaders to come back at different times and with different public profiles.
  • Toni Comín faces two complaints in the European Parliament and uncertainty over which political group he will join, a situation that has prompted Junts to delay internal probes and sharpened intra‑party tensions ahead of the election.