Catalan ex-leader Carles Puigdemont has said he wants to return to Belgium at the end of German legal proceedings. Speaking at a Press conference the day after his release on bail from a German prison, Puigdemont also again called for fresh dialogue with Spain.
Puigdemont was arrested in northern Germany last month en route from Denmark to Belgium, where he now lives. German courts are still considering whether to extradite the former leader, wanted in Spain on sedition charges.
The court in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein on Thursday set his bail at 75,000 euros (£65,000; $90,000).
However, he is not allowed to leave Germany and must report to German police on a weekly basis.
Puigdemont had been living in self-imposed exile in Belgium since Catalonia’s parliament unilaterally declared independence from Spain in October, following an unauthorised referendum banned by the constitutional court.
He was arrested on 25 March on a European Arrest Warrant issued by Spain.