Puigdemont presser underway 31 Oct
- part of Catalan govt will stay in Catalonia to carry on with political activities
- has come to Brussels to put fwd Catalan issue in heart of Europe
- accepts democratic challenge of 21 Dec elections
- not seeking asylum in Belgium
- will return to Catalonia when given guarantees
Call me old fashioned by Rajoy and many others, inc Catalans, are not in forgiving/compromise mood right now.
I had the start of the presser here
IBEX fell slightly at the outset but now up 0.9%. EURUSD unfazed at 1.1634 as is EURGBP at 0.8803 and EURJPY 131.90
The BBC earlier reported that Puigdemont is in Belgium with five of his cabinet
- Meritxell Serret, agriculture minister
- Antoni Comín, health minister
- Dolors Bassa, labour minister
- Meritxell Borrás, governance minister
- Joaquim Forn, interior minister
