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Catalan 'independence declaration' to trigger showdown with Madrid
Source: The Guardian
Catalan 'independence declaration' to trigger showdown with Madrid
Stephen Burgen in Barcelona
Tuesday 27 October 2015 20.19 GMT
Catalonia has put itself on a collision course with the Madrid government after the newly elected parliament put forward a resolution calling for “the beginning of a process of the creation of an independent Catalan state in the form of a republic”.
Effectively a unilateral declaration of independence, the resolution has already been condemned by the non-secessionist Catalan parties as a coup d’etat.
In Madrid the ruling People’s party government and the Socialist opposition both issued statements condemning the move.
The prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, called it a provocation and said: “As long as I am president of a nation of free and equal citizens, justice will prevail over unreason.
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Stephen Burgen in Barcelona
Tuesday 27 October 2015 20.19 GMT
Catalonia has put itself on a collision course with the Madrid government after the newly elected parliament put forward a resolution calling for “the beginning of a process of the creation of an independent Catalan state in the form of a republic”.
Effectively a unilateral declaration of independence, the resolution has already been condemned by the non-secessionist Catalan parties as a coup d’etat.
In Madrid the ruling People’s party government and the Socialist opposition both issued statements condemning the move.
The prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, called it a provocation and said: “As long as I am president of a nation of free and equal citizens, justice will prevail over unreason.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/27/catalan-independence-declaration-puts-region-on-course-for-madrid-showdown
