The resolution declares the sovereignty of the Catalan government, which makes it no longer subject to the rulings of Spanish institutions – including the constitutional court.The move prompted immediate outrage in Madrid, with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy declaring: “I will not allow it and I have the backing of the majority of Spaniards.”Rajoy accused pro-independence politicians in Catalan, who won the majority of seats in regional elections at the end of September, of trying to “put an end to democracy and the state of law, subjugate the rights and freedoms of all citizens and break up the unity of Spain.”Catalonia, a region of some 7.5 million people, accounts for around twenty percent of Spain’s economic output. It already enjoys a good amount of autonomy in matters of education, healthcare, and policing, but has gradually been insisting on even more freedom.
Source: Catalonia to go ahead with secession | News | DW.COM | 11.11.2015



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