Mas May Be Ready to Delay Catalan Vote If Rajoy Will Talk
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Catalan President Artur Mas said he may be prepared to pause the countdown to November’s referendum on independence for talks with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, so long as he gets the backing of the other pro-vote parties.
“If the Spanish government says o.k., we are willing to accept the consultation in Catalonia, we are committed to let Catalan people vote, and as they did in the U.K., we have to sit at the table and open negotiations,” Mas said in an interview in Barcelona yesterday. “You can talk about the terms of this referendum or this consultation, you can talk about the date, you can talk about the question.”