Monday, October 13, 2014

Spain's Catalonia to seek alternatives to independence referendum

here we go again..

(Reuters) - The leader of Spain's Catalonia region will call off a referendum on independence from Spain planned for Nov. 9 and look for alternative ways to consult Catalans, a key regional political party said on Monday.

Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, a pro-independence party that backs the regional government of Artur Mas said the Catalan leader had told it and other political forces during talks on Monday that he would not organize the referendum as planned.

Mas will instead offer to hold a "consultation of citizens," an ERC spokesman told Reuters.

The referendum was suspended last month by Spain's constitutional court, but the regional government of Catalonia had not announced a decision to abandon the planned vote. Full Story

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