Puigdemont accuses the State of having "sentenced" the candidacy for the EMA

Former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont remarked today that "until October 1 Barcelona was the favorite" to host the European Medicines Agency (EMA), but with "violence, democratic regression and the 155, the State has sentenced "the candidacy.

Barcelona, �??�??November 20 (EFE) .- Former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont remarked today that "until October 1 Barcelona was the favorite" to host the European Medicines Agency (EMA), but with "violence, democratic regression and the 155, the State has sentenced" the candidacy.

Barcelona has been eliminated as a candidate to host the EMA in the first round of the vote to choose the future headquarters of the institution.

"The success of 155: imprison civil leaders and half of the legitimate Govern, force the exile of the other half, eradicate the self-government and now we can add impoverish the territory, "Puigdemont has written on Twitter after hearing of the defeat of the candidacy of Barcelona.