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Five recently released Catalan separatists meet with former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont in Waterloo, Belgium. Catalonia's bid to break away from Spain in 2017 provoked one of the worst political crises there since the end of Francisco Franco's military dictatorship in 1975. Leaders of the wealthy Spanish region, which has a population of 7.8 million people, defied a government ban to organise an independence referendum. IMAGES
The European Parliament lifts the immunity of Catalan MEPs Carles Puigdemont, Toni Comín and Clara Ponsatí, who are wanted by Spain following Catalonia's independence attempt in 2017. SOUNDBITE
Five jailed Catalan separatist leaders elected to the Spanish parliament last month are sworn in as lawmakers. The five men were temporarily released from prison and were escorted by police to the assembly for the ceremony. IMAGES
Five Catalan separatist leaders who won election to the Spanish parliament last month were temporarily released from jail to be sworn in as lawmakers. But the five men, who are on trial for their role in an October 2017 Catalonian secession attempt, could see their mandates quickly suspended by the assembly because of their legal situation.
Axed Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont meets with Catalan parliament speaker Roger Torrent in Brussels. IMAGES
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