Catalan separatist protests raise the stakes ahead of Spanish elections
17 October 2019 - 09:37
Madrid — Catalan separatist leaders are doubling down on their campaign of protests at jail terms handed down to the authors of a failed independence bid, raising the stakes for acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez ahead of November’s election.
They want to use the demonstrations to apply as much pressure as possible to force Madrid to give ground, said one person involved in setting strategy for Junts per Catalunya, the party of Catalonia’s separatist president Joaquim Torra...
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