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MADRID (Reuters) - Spain’s authorities stated on Friday it might enchantment against a motion via Catalonia to press on with its independence pressure, as tensions upward thrust ahead of talks among new Spanish prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and local chief Quim Torra.
A man waves an "Estelada", Catalan separatist flag, out of doors the Generalitat Palace in Barcelona, Spain, can also 17, 2018. REUTERS/Albert Gea/document photograph
Catalonia’s secessionist drive is one of the thorniest issues going through Sanchez after he toppled center-right surest Mariano Rajoy on June 1 in a vote of no-confidence.
The Catalan parliament on Thursday backed a motion proposed by way of a small anti-capitalist celebration, the CUP, that reiterates “political targets” first set out through the secessionists in 2015 the envisages an independent Catalonia.
“The (Spanish) government will undertaking before the Constitutional courtroom the motion accepted the previous day via the Catalan parliament,” spokeswoman Isabel Celaa told a information conference in Madrid.
Catalonia unilaterally declared independence final October, prompting Rajoy to impose direct rule from Madrid and to call a nearby election.
After pro-independence events all over again won a parliamentary majority within the election, Torra stated Catalonia’s secessionist bid might continue under the new management.
Sanchez, while against any moves in the direction of Catalan independence, has adopted a greater conciliatory approach to the hassle than his predecessor, calling for communicate and lifting monetary controls on the place.
Celaa stated she changed into constructive approximately the deliberate talks next week among Sanchez and Torra.
“we have excessive hopes that the meeting next Monday will pass very well,” stated Celaa, including that investments and the normalization of political talk could be a number of the troubles discussed.
Some of individuals of the preceding Catalan administration are anticipating trial for his or her part in final year’s independence pressure, even as former chief Carles Puigdemont is watching for the outcome of an extradition request in Germany.
Reporting via Jesús Aguado and Rodrigo de Miguel; enhancing with the aid of Paul Day and Gareth Jones.
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