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Spain PM rejects ousted Catalan leader's call to meet

Madrid - Muslimchronicle

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Friday rejected a call by ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to meet after separatists won a parliamentary majority in crucial regional polls. "The person I should be meeting with is with the one who won the elections, and that is Mrs Arrimadas," Rajoy said, replying to a journalist who asked whether he would respond to Puigdemont's invitation forRead more

Spain threatens Catalan separatists as deadline looms

Madrid - Muslimchronicle

Spain said Wednesday it would take the unprecedented step of seeking to suspend Catalonia's autonomy if the region's leader does not abandon his independence bid, on the eve of his deadline to give a final answer. Separatist leader Carles Puigdemont -- whose banned independence referendum on October 1 has sparked Spain's worst political crisis in decades -- has until 10:00Read more

Spain to seek suspension of Catalonia's autonomy unless leader backs down: Madrid

Madrid - Muslimchronicle

Spain will seek to suspend Catalonia's autonomy unless the region's leader abandons his push for independence, Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria said Wednesday, 24 hours before Madrid's deadline. If separatist leader Carles Puigdemont does not provide a satisfactory response Thursday, "Mr Puigdemont will provoke the application of article 155 of the constitution," Saenz de Santamaria told parliament. Source:AFPRead more

Spain says Catalan independence response unclear

Luxembourg - Muslimchronicle

Catalonia's separatist leader has not given Madrid the clear answer it wanted over whether or not he has declared independence, the Spanish foreign minister said Monday. "It's clear Mr Puigdemont has not responded, has not given the clarity we asked of him," Alfonso Dastis said of a letter sent by Catalan president Carles Puigdemont following an ambiguous independence speech lastRead more

Catalonia nears possible independence proclamation despite Madrid warnings

Barcelona - Muslimchronicle

Police tightened security at Catalonia’s parliament on Tuesday as regional leader Carles Puigdemont prepared to address a session that may unilaterally declare independence from Spain despite Madrid’s warnings of counter-measures. Puigdemont, a 54-year-old former journalist, was holding a cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning to decide how to press an independence drive that has stirred powerful emotions in the region andRead more

Catalans shout 'not afraid' after minute's silence over attacks

Barcelona - Muslimchronicle

A crowd in Barcelona's main square defiantly shouted "not afraid" Friday following a minute's silence attended by Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and King Felipe VI, held for the victims of a double vehicle attack. Standing silent in the Plaza de Catalunya, Rajoy joined the king and Carles Puigdemont, the president of the Catalonia region where Barcelona is located, inRead more