Catalans Consider Proclaiming Independence as Soon as Next Week
- Decision will be taken in coming days, Catalan deputy says
- Pro-independence lawmakers to meet in Catalan parliament
Spain to Proceed With Suspending Catalan Autonomy
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The leaders of Catalonia’s separatist movement are considering proclaiming independence as early as next week as they debate their response to the latest offensive from the government in Madrid.
“We should take a decision in the next days,” Jordi Xucla, a Catalan deputy for the PDeCAT party in the Spanish Parliament in Madrid, said in a Bloomberg Television interview. “The decision could be obviously the declaration of independence maybe in one week or in two weeks.”