Junts MEP Toni Comín has announced that he will return to Catalonia on October 24th after nine years of exile in Belgium. In a letter sent to his inner circle, to which ARA has had access, the former minister says he wants to cross the border on foot. "The idea is to cross on foot one of the mountain passes that connect Northern Catalonia with Southern Catalonia, on Saturday, October 24th, around 12 in the morning," he explains in the letter. In the missive, Comín highlights that "it will be an important moment, undoubtedly a very happy one," which he will only experience "once in a lifetime." For this reason, he invites his inner circle to accompany him on his return. "I know with whom I would like to share it." The announcement comes after it was learned this Tuesday that Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena plans to propose the dismissal of the case against the exiles between this Friday and next Tuesday.

Former President of the Generalitat Carles Puigdemont wants to "immerse himself in the reality" of Catalonia if he returns from exile, something that "remains to be seen," he admits in an interview with the British newspaper The Sunday Times. The leader of Junts has explained that he wants to return to "breathe, touch, and listen" to the country when he sets foot there again, as "Catalonia is not the same" as it was when he left nine years ago. Puigdemont foresees "two or three scenarios" for his first steps in the event of a return, although he has not given further details.