Overview

• The Catalan president and the Junts leader held their first in‑person meeting at the Generalitat’s EU delegation in Brussels for about 90 minutes with no press statements afterward.
• Salvador Illa framed the encounter as part of institutional dialogue with former presidents, while Carles Puigdemont said Catalonia does not live in a situation of normal democratic and argued the meeting should have occurred months earlier in the Palau.
• The staging was deliberately austere and neutral, with no flags displayed and a minimalist photo‑op designed to lower symbolic temperature.
• Junts sources reported few advances and Puigdemont will gather his core team in Waterloo on Wednesday to assess next steps, as partners like Sumar hope the contact can help unblock pending votes such as the reduction of working hours.
• The Constitutional Court has validated the amnesty law, but its application to Puigdemont remains pending in the courts, keeping his legal status unresolved as Junts’ seven deputies retain leverage over budgets and key legislation.