Merkel and Macron Have Spain’s Back as Catalan Crisis Escalates
- EU member states see ‘no room’ for international action: Tusk
- Spain to trigger Article 155 to regain control of region
Luxembourg Prime Minister Bettel on Catalan Crisis
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European Union leaders offered their support for Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy as he prepares to suspend the powers of the Catalan administration, and ruled out the possibility of outside intervention to resolve the rapidly escalating conflict.
EU chiefs attending a summit in Brussels Thursday said they backed Madrid and stressed that the issue of Catalonia’s push for independence was a domestic legal matter for Spain alone.