Carles Puidgemont appeared at a press conference together with the current Catalan PM Joaquim Torra in Brussels on Saturday morning.

“This is not the end of my journey. My journey will only end once all political prisoners have been released”, Mr Puidgemont.

He added that he will travel the length and breadth of the EU to defend the Catalan cause and called for the release of political prisoners being held in Spanish jails. The press conference was held at the offices on Catalan Region in Brussels.