People walk past electoral posters showing a portrait of Catalonia's former regional president Carles Puigdemont in downtown Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, May 9, 2024. Carles Puigdgemont, Catalonia's fugitive former leader, stares confidently out the backseat window of a car, the sun illuminating his gaze in a campaign poster for Sunday's critical elections in the northeastern Spanish region. Some nearly 6 million Catalans are called to cast ballots in regional elections on Sunday that will surely have reverberations in Spain's national politics. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)