Puigdemont from prison: “I won't give up”

Catalan leader says he will challenge those in Spain that "are willing to pay the price of abandoning the rule of law and justice" to defend "the motherland"

Carles Puigdemont in Helsinki prior to detention in Germany (by ACN)
Carles Puigdemont in Helsinki prior to detention in Germany (by ACN) / ACN

ACN | Barcelona

March 31, 2018 09:26 AM

Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont said on Saturday he will not "give up" politics despite being in prison in Germany. In a post published on his Twitter account, now managed by his team, he insisted that he will not "step aside," and accused the Spanish government of acting in an "illegitimate" and "arbitrary" that puts at risk the rule of law and justice.