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Catalan independence leader and former President Carles Puigdemont addresses supporters after his arrival near the Catalan parliament to attend the investiture debate in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday Aug. 8, 2024. Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalonia who left Spain after organizing an independence referendum in the Spanish northeastern region seven years ago, announced that he plans to return home on Thursday despite the likelihood of being arrested on his return. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)
Supporters of Catalan independence leader and former President Carles Puigdemont, wait for his arrival near the Catalan parliament to attend the investiture debate in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday Aug. 8, 2024. Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalonia who left Spain after organizing an independence referendum in the Spanish northeastern region seven years ago, announced that he plans to return home on Thursday despite the likelihood of being arrested on his return. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Catalan police man a checkpoint on a road in the outskirts of Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. The search for former Catalan president and pro-independence leader Carles Puigdemont by the Mossos d'Esquadra has clogged the main roads, resulting in traffic jams. The officers have activated operation 'cage' to locate the former president, who remains missing after returning to Barcelona following seven years of avoiding arrest for organizing an independence referendum in 2017. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Accompanied by his lawyer Gonzalo Boye, third from left, Catalan independence leader and former President Carles Puigdemont, second from left, arrives to address supporters to attend the investiture debate near the Catalan parliament in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday Aug. 8, 2024. Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalonia who left Spain after organizing an independence referendum in the Spanish northeastern region seven years ago, announced that he plans to return home on Thursday despite the likelihood of being arrested on his return. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Catalan independence leader and former President Carles Puigdemont addresses supporters after his arrival near the Catalan parliament to attend the investiture debate in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday Aug. 8, 2024. Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalonia who left Spain after organizing an independence referendum in the Spanish northeastern region seven years ago, announced that he plans to return home on Thursday despite the likelihood of being arrested on his return. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Salvador Illa receives the applause of his party's members after being sworn in as the new president of Catalunya during a plenary session in the Catalan parliament, Spain, Thursday Aug. 8, 2024. Spain's government encouraged a deal brokered after months of deadlock between Salvador Illa's Catalan Socialist Party (PSC) and the other main Catalan separatist party and left-wing Esquerra Republicana (ERC). (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)
Supporters of Catalan independence leader Carles Puigdemont hold his portrait as they wait for his arrival near the Catalan parliament to attend the investiture debate in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday Aug. 8, 2024. Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalonia who left Spain after organizing an independence referendum in the Spanish northeastern region seven years ago, announced that he plans to return home on Thursday despite the likelihood of being arrested on his return. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Catalan independence leader and former President Carles Puigdemont arrives to address supporters to attend the investiture debate near the Catalan parliament in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday Aug. 8, 2024. Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalonia who left Spain after organizing an independence referendum in the Spanish northeastern region seven years ago, announced that he plans to return home on Thursday despite the likelihood of being arrested on his return. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Catalan independence leader and former President Carles Puigdemont addresses supporters after his arrival near the Catalan parliament to attend the investiture debate in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday Aug. 8, 2024. Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalonia who left Spain after organizing an independence referendum in the Spanish northeastern region seven years ago, announced that he plans to return home on Thursday despite the likelihood of being arrested on his return. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)
Salvador Illa's Catalan Socialist Party (PSC) gives a speech during the investiture debate at the Catalonia parliament in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday Aug. 8, 2024. Speaking to Catalan lawmakers before the vote, Illa called for reconciliation and respect for Spain's controversial amnesty bill. He vowed to govern for all Catalans after years of bitter divisions between those in favor of independence and those against it. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)
Catalan independence leader and former President Carles Puigdemont addresses supporters after his arrival near the Catalan parliament to attend the investiture debate in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday Aug. 8, 2024. Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalonia who left Spain after organizing an independence referendum in the Spanish northeastern region seven years ago, announced that he plans to return home on Thursday despite the likelihood of being arrested on his return. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Catalan independence leader and former President Carles Puigdemont pauses as he addresses supporters after his arrival near the Catalan parliament to attend the investiture debate in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday Aug. 8, 2024. Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalonia who left Spain after organizing an independence referendum in the Spanish northeastern region seven years ago, announced that he plans to return home on Thursday despite the likelihood of being arrested on his return. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)
Catalan independence leader and former President Carles Puigdemont addresses supporters after his arrival near the Catalan parliament to attend the investiture debate in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday Aug. 8, 2024. Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalonia who left Spain after organizing an independence referendum in the Spanish northeastern region seven years ago, announced that he plans to return home on Thursday despite the likelihood of being arrested on his return. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)
Catalan police man a checkpoint on a road in the outskirts of Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. The search for former Catalan president and pro-independence leader Carles Puigdemont by the Mossos d'Esquadra has clogged the main roads, resulting in traffic jams. The officers have activated operation 'cage' to locate the former president, who remains missing after returning to Barcelona following seven years of avoiding arrest for organizing an independence referendum in 2017. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Catalan independence leader and former President Carles Puigdemont arrives to address supporters to attend the investiture debate near the Catalan parliament in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday Aug. 8, 2024. Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalonia who left Spain after organizing an independence referendum in the Spanish northeastern region seven years ago, announced that he plans to return home on Thursday despite the likelihood of being arrested on his return. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Catalan independence leader and former President Carles Puigdemont addresses supporters after his arrival near the Catalan parliament to attend the investiture debate in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday Aug. 8, 2024. Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalonia who left Spain after organizing an independence referendum in the Spanish northeastern region seven years ago, announced that he plans to return home on Thursday despite the likelihood of being arrested on his return. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)
Catalan independence leader and former President Carles Puigdemont addresses supporters after his arrival near the Catalan parliament to attend the investiture debate in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday Aug. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Catalan police mans a checkpoint at a road in the outskirts of Barcelona, Spain, Thursday Aug. 8, 2024. The search for former Catalan president and pro-independence leader Carles Puigdemont by the Mossos d'Esquadra has clogged the main roads, resulting in traffic jams. The officers have activated operation 'cage' to locate the former president, who remains missing after returning to Barcelona following seven years of avoiding arrest for organising an independence referendum in 2017.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Spanish far-right supporters shout against Catalan independence leader and former President Carles Puigdemont as he addresses a crowd of pro-independence supporters after his arrival near the Catalan parliament to attend the investiture debate in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday Aug. 8, 2024.(AP Photo/Joan Mateu)
Catalan independence leader and former President Carles Puigdemont addresses supporters after his arrival near the Catalan parliament to attend the investiture debate in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday Aug. 8, 2024. Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalonia who left Spain after organizing an independence referendum in the Spanish northeastern region seven years ago, announced that he plans to return home on Thursday despite the likelihood of being arrested on his return. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Catalan independence leader and former President Carles Puigdemont, center, arrives to address supporters and to attend the investiture debate near the Catalan parliament in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday Aug. 8, 2024. Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalonia who left Spain after organizing an independence referendum in the Spanish northeastern region seven years ago, announced that he plans to return home on Thursday despite the likelihood of being arrested on his return. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Salvador Illa walks out of the Catalonia parliament after being sworn in as the new president of Catalunya during a plenary session in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday Aug. 8, 2024. Spain's government encouraged a deal brokered after months of deadlock between Salvador Illa's Catalan Socialist Party (PSC) and the other main Catalan separatist party and left-wing Esquerra Republicana (ERC). (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)
Salvador Illa walks out of the Catalonia parliament after being sworn in as the new president of Catalunya during a plenary session in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday Aug. 8, 2024. Spain's government encouraged a deal brokered after months of deadlock between Salvador Illa's Catalan Socialist Party (PSC) and the other main Catalan separatist party and left-wing Esquerra Republicana (ERC). (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)