Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is asking Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to “act sensibly”, as a government deadline for the northeastern region to renounce a bid for independence approaches.
Rajoy’s comments follow Catalonia’s refusal on Tuesday, to bow to the Spanish government’s demand that it renounce a symbolic declaration of independence.
This has set it on a political collision course with Madrid.
The Spanish government has threatened to put Catalonia under direct central rule if its government does not abandon independence by Thursday.
Give them their independent…they no longer wanna be Spain with u,let them go peacefully…union is not by force
Give them their independent…they no longer wanna be Spain with u,let them go peacefully…union is not by force