Catalonia's former leader Carles Puigdemont will stay in Berlin while a German court considers whether to extradite him to Spain on a charge of misuse of public funds.
At a press conference in the city, he said he hoped to eventually return to Belgium to live but only after the end of the proceedings in Germany.
Earlier this week, a German court rejected an extradition request for Mr Puigdemont on the more serious charge of rebellion for his role in the campaign for Catalonia's independence that could have resulted in a decades-long jail sentence in Spain.
Mr Puigdemont, who fled Spain five months ago for Belgium after his administration's declaration of independence from Spain led to Madrid taking direct control of the regional government, was arrested last month on a Spanish-issued warrant as he entered Germany.
The Spanish government has said it would respect the German court's decision.
But Spain's Supreme Court said on Friday it was considering consulting the European Court of Justice on the ruling, without giving more details.
Spain's Supreme Court reactivated international arrest warrants last month for Puigdemont and four other Catalan politicians who went into self-imposed exile last year.
