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BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — Spain’s central government representative in Catalonia apologised Friday on behalf of police to people injured when officers tried to stop them voting in the region’s independence vote. “I can do nothing but regret it, apologise on behalf of the officers who intervened,” Enric Millo, the central government representative in Catalonia, said in a television interview.
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont has put off until Tuesday a session in the regional parliament at which some leaders have called for an independence declaration, a regional government spokesman said Friday. “Puigdemont has requested to appear before parliament on Tuesday to discuss the current political situation,” a regional government spokesman said. The announcement comes a day after Spain’s Constitutional Court ordered the suspension of the session initially scheduled for Monday.
by Daniel Bosque and Michaela Cancela-Kieffer Agence France Presse Will Catalonia’s separatist leaders go ahead with a unilateral declaration of independence? What would Madrid’s reaction be, and what are the consequences? Independence declaration on Monday? It is all down to Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont. He’s the one who decides when to press the “nuclear button” of an independence declaration. Such a move could come after the publication of the final results of the independence […]
