Puigdemont on the run

When you run, you never make a good figure. Carles Puigdemont in Brussels as a refugee to Spanish justice is a figure to cry foul.

The solemn position of that funny man is known to take only one step. Yesterday, waving flags at the Barcelona barricades, today French potato vendors (as they presented it in a joke) in the capital of Belgium and the EU.

Others see Carles Puigdemont as the ever-deserved hero of the series “Tim and Struppi”, much more so that the youthful and naive feature of the laughing image fits very well with the Catalan.

After that remain disappointed supporters, angry party friends and an economy that has lost security. And a temporaryly governed region since Madrid, which nevertheless behaves strikingly with “foreign rule”. Perhaps Carlos Puigdemont overestimated the potential of promoting his fellow countrymen, who are light on fire. Showing up in good weather is fun, but sacrificing well-being and a job for a nationalist dream, when you live comfortable and quite autonomous in Spain: it sounds ridiculous only to write.

The chief capital, however, should have known that great beliefs also require great gestures by leaders. In any case, it would be part of them to go up before the trial, singing Catalan songs of freedom. What makes a very bad impression is let your ministers take responsibility and leave at night yourself.

Political theater

Comparisons that Carlos Puigdemont makes with Franzo's dictatorship may simply be considered ridiculous or shameless, depending on his position. The constant call for democracy sounds empty when leaders themselves violate its rules.

In Russia, Turkey, and elsewhere, people are in prison for the sake of their politics or profession. In the face of these fates, it is hard to see the garden of children of politicians in Catalania. These heroic warriors for independence seem to cry out forever: “We love being oppressed! ”

No place in Europe

To come hard is also how he always tells his supporters the tale of European aid, without being able to offer results. Because neither the EU nor Belgium as a non-volunteer country want to shake hands with a Secesionist leader. Catalan, they have been looking forward to the outbreak of pestilence or cholera. If Belgians are lucky, justice does not object to the surrender of Carles Puigdemont. Thus, they may also be able to stem the desire for secession in their flags.