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Puigdemont
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INDEPENDENCE
Puigdemont CAN run in EU polls, Spain's Supreme Court rules
Spain's Supreme Court on Sunday said Catalonia's former president Carles Puigdemont, who fled to Belgium in 2017 after a secession attempt, could contest EU polls this month.