Catalonia's President Carles Puigdemont in Berlin : “Dialogue is needed”

Catalonia's President Carles Puigdemont told in a press conference in Berlin yesterday that “dialogue is needed” . “I hope the situation could help ... Spanish authorities understand that political measures are needed,” Puigdemont said at a press conference in Berlin. “This opens a new opportunity of dialogue.” "I have put it as a condition that there are no conditions. If you sit down at a table to talk, you have to be aware of your position having to change. With no red lines", he stressed, although also mentioning that "it must be recognized that democratic independence is a very convincing reality".

Puigdemont, 55, told reporters he would stay in Berlin until his extradition case is concluded. If he is not sent back to Spain, he said he plans to return to Belgium where he has established residency in Waterloo since fleeing from Spain in October.