Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont is returning after seven years in self-imposed exile to Spain, where he will likely be arrested over his role in the region’s 2017 independence bid.
His arrest and potential imprisonment before he might face trial could unleash fresh turmoil in Catalonia and threaten the fragile Socialist-led coalition ruling Spain, which relies on Puigdemont’s hardline Junts party to pass legislation.