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EU Parliament stripping Catalan separatists of immunity 'a dark day' says Puigdemont

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Ex-Catalan leader and current MEP Carles Puigdemont denounces a "political persecution" and sees "a dark day for the European Parliament" as MEPs voted to lift his parliamentary immunity. SOUNDBITE

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