Catalan Premier Affirms Right to Independence From Spain, but Delays Formal Declaration
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By Alex Lantier
Global Research
Featured image: Catalan premier Carles Puigdemont (Source: Government of Catalonia)
Speaking Tuesday evening before the Catalan parliament in Barcelona, regional premier Carles Puigdemont announced that Catalonia would secede from Spain, in line with the result of the October 1 Catalan independence referendum. However, he put off a formal declaration of independence for now and requested negotiations with the central government in Madrid. The Popular Party (PP) government of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has declared the referendum illegal and treasonous and ruled out talks with Puigdemont.
The contradictory announcement, coming after Puigdemont reportedly took calls from politicians from across Europe, left the European political situa...