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Catalonia asks Spain’s PM, king for dialogue on independence vote
15 September 2017
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Catalonia’s governor and the mayor of its biggest city Barcelona have appealed to Spain’s premier and king for dialogue to resolve an increasingly bitter tussle over a planned vote on regional independence, a letter showed on Friday.
Authorities in the wealthy northeastern region have pledged to call Catalans to the polls on October 1, in defiance of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, who has declared the referendum illegal. The appeal comes at the end of a week in which the state prosecutor summoned mayors for questioning, and Catalonia rebelled against Madrid’s fiscal rules. Governor Carles Puigdemont and Mayor Ada Colau said in the letter addressed to Rajoy and also sent to King Felipe that they wanted support from the Spanish state for the referendum.
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