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ALICANTE, Spain (AFP) — Spain captain Sergio Ramos risked creating tensions with his national teammates over Catalonia’s independence drive when he said Thursday the Spanish king’s TV address was “impeccable.” King Felipe VI’s speech Tuesday dismayed many Catalans as he described the separatist ambitions as “illegal” and made no mention of those hurt in police violence when they tried to vote in the banned weekend referendum. Real Madrid veteran Ramos said he believed the king’s […]
by Marianne Barriaux with Roland Lloyd Parry in Madrid Agence France-Presse BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) – Spain’s government defiantly rejected calls for mediation Wednesday over Catalonia’s push for independence, which the country’s king warned was endangering national stability. As the European Union urged dialogue to ease the standoff between separatists in the northeastern region and Madrid, Catalan leaders said they could unilaterally declare independence as early as Monday. The tone of the crisis sharpened with Catalonia’s president denouncing […]
by Alfons Luna Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II sought to sweep differences with Spain aside on Wednesday as she hosted a banquet for the country’s King Felipe VI, just hours after he called for a deal on the status of Gibraltar. “With such a remarkable shared history, it is inevitable that there are matters on which we have not always seen eye to eye. “But the strength of our […]
