Tens of thousands of Catalan independence supporters gathered in
Perpignan, Northern Catalonia under France rule, on Saturday at a rally in support of exiled
Catalan President Carles Puigdemont, who called on the crowd to
prepare for the “definitive struggle” for independence.
Carles Puigdemont, who is now a member of the European Parliament and lives in exile in Belgium, urged supporters waving Catalan flags not to give up on the fight for an independent Catalonia.“We know that we won’t stop and they won’t stop us. We don’t have to wait for better times because they are here,” he said, to cheers from the crowd, which numbered around 110,000 according to local police, though organizers put the number closer to 200,000.“Today we have stepped on Catalan soil as free people,” he said. Perpignan, where Catalan is spoken, is a symbolic location for Catalans, and the main city of Northern Catalonia. A hundred pullmans returned to Southern Catalonia after being blocked by Spanish policemen in the borders. Around 600 arrived to Perpinyà.
Carles Puigdemont, who is now a member of the European Parliament and lives in exile in Belgium, urged supporters waving Catalan flags not to give up on the fight for an independent Catalonia.“We know that we won’t stop and they won’t stop us. We don’t have to wait for better times because they are here,” he said, to cheers from the crowd, which numbered around 110,000 according to local police, though organizers put the number closer to 200,000.“Today we have stepped on Catalan soil as free people,” he said. Perpignan, where Catalan is spoken, is a symbolic location for Catalans, and the main city of Northern Catalonia. A hundred pullmans returned to Southern Catalonia after being blocked by Spanish policemen in the borders. Around 600 arrived to Perpinyà.
Catalan Pesident and MEP Carles Puigdemont blows a kiss to the audience during a rally in Perpignan, Northern Catalonia on February 29, 2020
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