Catalonia election: Puigdemont hails ‘defeat’ for Spanish state

catalonia2212aCatalonia’s ousted separatist leader, Carles Puigdemont, has declared that the Spanish state has been defeated in a snap regional election. Speaking in Brussels where he is in self-imposed exile, Mr Puigdemont hailed the result as a victory for the “Catalan republic”. Separatist parties will hold a slim, reduced, majority in the new assembly. However the […]

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