title: Catalan head says already feels like the president of a free country: interview
text: MADRID (Reuters) - The regional leader of Catalonia said he already feels like the president of a free country after more than two million Catalans voted to leave Spain in a banned referendum last Sunday.  I already feel as a president of a free country where millions of people have made an important decision,  Carles Puigdemont said in an interview with German newspaper Bild due to be published on Thursday. 