Catalan Parliament Presses for Independence Once Again

Catalonia’s parliament pressed its case for secession from Spain. Catalonia’s regional parliament approved on Tuesday a non-binding motion expressing the will to exercise self-determination. The Spanish court has warned that Catalan lawmakers would face legal consequences if they pushed forward with the motion, which said the parliament expressed the “will to exercise in a concrete way the right of self-determination and to respect the will of the Catalan people.” The parties Together for Catalonia, Republican Left of Catalonia and Popular Unity which have 70 seats on the parliament voted for the independence, Socialist party and People’s party with 54 seats voted against the independence and support the territorial unity of Spain. DW