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Why did Napoleon Bonaparte annex Catalonia directly into France when it was already part of the puppet state of Spain under his brother Joseph Bonaparte?

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Why did Napoleon Bonaparte annex Catalonia directly into France when it was already part of the puppet state of Spain under his brother Joseph Bonaparte?	10
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