Carles Puigdemont to be excluded from European elections

Ex-Catalan president's candidacy declared ineligible after petition from rightwing parties The former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and two of his former ministers are to be excluded from standing in next month's European elections after Spain's central electoral board upheld an appeal from two rightwing parties. Puigdemont, who fled Spain to avoid arrest after his regional government's unilateral independence referendum in October 2017, intended to run as a candidate in the European parli...