Exiled former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont (R) gestures to journalists upon his arrival for a convention in Alghero, on the island of Sardinia on September 25, 2021. - Exiled former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, who was arrested in Sardinia on September 23, 2021 at Spain's request, was free to leave the country and his lawyer said Puigdemont would attend the next hearing in his extradition fight, on October 4, 2021. (Photo by Miguel MEDINA / AFP)