Overview

• The pair met for about 90 minutes at the Generalitat’s Brussels delegation, posed for a handshake, and released no account of the talks.
• Illa framed the meeting as an example of democratic dialogue and part of his effort to normalize Catalan politics.
• Puigdemont said the location proved there is no democratic normality and argued the meeting should have taken place at the Palau de la Generalitat.
• Junts judged the session to yield few advances and gathers its leadership in Waterloo today to assess the course ahead.
• The amnesty law has been validated by the Constitutional Court but the Supreme Court still treats Puigdemont’s malversation case as not amnistiable, as Junts’ seven votes remain key for Spain’s budget and a possible Sánchez–Puigdemont photo next spring is only reported, not confirmed.