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Axed Catalan president Carles Puigdemont arrives at the Square - Brussels Meeting Centre in Brussels on December 21, 2017, to wait for the results of regional elections in Catalonia. Catalans flooded to the polls today in a crucial election that could mark a turning point for their region, just two months after a failed secession bid triggered Spain's worst political crisis in decades. With two hours of voting time left, turnout was exceptionally high in an election pitting leaders of the wealthy northeastern region's separatist movement against parties that want to remain in Spain. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP) (Photo by JOHN THYS/AFP via Getty Images)