Catalan ex-president to risk arrest, travel to Denmark
Catalonia's former president, a fugitive sought by Spain over a foiled secession bid, will travel to Denmark next week for a university debate, officials said Friday, despite the possible risk of arrest.
Carles Puigdemont plans to make the trip to Copenhagen as he tries to get his old job back and step up pressure on Spanish authorities, which have said that a fugitive abroad can't be the Catalan regional president.
The University of Copenhagen announced a debate for Monday in the Danish capital on "Catalonia and Europe at a Crossroads for Democracy." Janni Brixen, a media officer with the university's Faculty of Social Science, said Puigdemont would attend it "in person."
A spokeswoman for Puigdemont's party also confirmed that he was planning to travel to Copenhagen and attend the debate "representing the legitimate government of Catalonia."
