Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont and his wife Marcela Topor attend an event to announce his candidature with Junts Per Catalunya (Together for Catalonia) party for Catalonia's May 12 election, in Elne, France March 21, 2024. REUTERS/Albert Gea/File Photo
PERPIGNAN, France (Reuters) - Catalonia's former president Carles Puigdemont, who has been living in self-exile since a failed independence bid seven years ago, believes his party is "neck and neck" with Spain's ruling Socialists to win control of the region in an election in May.
Puigdemont said that if it failed to do so, he may reconsider his party's critical support for the national government.
