Spanish Ministers Brave Protests in Drive to Repair Catalan Rift
- Ministers met amid high security in Catalonia’s capital city
- Government announces steps aimed at winning Catalan support
A supporter of Catalan independence in Barcelona on Dec. 21.
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Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez braved street protests in Barcelona to unveil a slew of measures aimed at reaching out to Catalan public opinion in a gambit that also risks alienating voters in the rest of the country.
His cabinet, meeting in a 14th century Barcelona mansion, approved the biggest increase to the minimum wage since 1977 and steps aimed more directly at Catalonia including the decision to rename the city’s airport in honor of Josep Tarradellas, the first president of the region to take office after the death of the dictator Francisco Franco.