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Catalan leader Quim Torra relaunched a campaign to split his region from Spain on Tuesday.
Catalonia's parliament is set to vote on Saturday on whether to appoint as regional president Quim Torra, handpicked by deposed leader Carles Puigdemont.
"As president, I demand the Spanish government and those who support it... restore all they have expropriated from the Catalans without their say-so," Puigdemont said.
A Belgian judge will decide on December 14 whether to grant a European arrest warrant and send axed Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont back to Spain on sedition charges
A Spanish judge has issued an arrest warrant for ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and four of his former councillors.
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Catalonia said it was confident all officials including police would defy attempts by Madrid to enforce direct rule on the region in a dispute of possible unrest.
Spain was preparing Friday to seize powers from Catalonia's regional government as political parties pushed for elections.
