epa06402888 Ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont smiles at the end of a press conference after the Catalunia's election results, at the Press Club in Brussels, Belgium, 22 December 2017. Ciutadans, Catalan faction of Ciudadanos party, was the most voted party, with 37 seats, in the Catalan regional elections the previous day. While the pro Spanish union parties obtained a total of 57 seats between Ciudadanos, 37, Socialist party, 17, and People's Party (PP), 3; the pro-independence parties obtained 40 seats divided between left wing pro-independence ERC party, 32, right wing pro-independence Junts per Catalunya, 34, and extreme left wing pro-independence CUP party, 4. Parties will have to negotiate to form Government before 06 February 2018 to avoid new elections. EPA/STEPHANIE LECOCQ