Puigdemont and Comín in EU parliament for MEP debut
Former president and former minister take up seats after legal battle, with jailed Junqueras barred
Catalan former president Carles Puigdemont arrived in the EU parliament, in Strasbourg, on Monday, to make his debut as MEP seven months after being elected by voters in the May EU election.
He arrived along with former minister Toni Comín a few hours before the beginning of the plenary session.
Amid great media expectation, Puigdemont talked to the press and referred to the more than 2 years since he went into exile after being ousted from the Catalan presidency.
"We've overcome 2 years of obstacles aimed at preventing us from doing politics," he said. "A lot of resources have been spent in order to prevent us from being here."