Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont has said he is ending his bid to be reappointed as president of Spain's north-eastern region
He said he was stepping aside in favour of detained activist Jordi Sanchez.
Mr Puigdemont is in self-imposed exile in Belgium and has been told by Spain he faces arrest if he returns
This followed Catalonia's independence referendum last October
"I will not put myself forward as candidate to be appointed regional president
Jordi Sanchez and several other Catalan pro-independence politicians have been imprisoned in connection with the poll
The central government in Madrid later sacked the Catalan regional government, imposed direct rule and called new elections, but pro-independence parties returned with a slim majority.
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