Catalonia's former leader Carles Puigdemont addresses a news conference in Berlin Thomson Reuters BERLIN (Reuters) - Former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont said on Saturday he hoped to live in Belgium once legal proceedings are concluded in Germany, where he was released on bail on Friday.

"My wish is to return to Belgium. But only after the end of the proceedings here in Germany, not before," he told reporters in Berlin.

"My plan is to remain of course in Berlin. It is my residence now until the end of this process," he added. Asked where he would stay in Berlin, he laughed and replied: "Well, the police know."

(Reporting by Sonya Dowsett; Editing by Paul Carrel)