Catalan Separatists Hint at Retreat as Activists Ready to Rumble
- Some in Madrid want to keep door open for a Catalan climbdown
- Next clash looms on Friday as the senate votes on powers
Catalan on Edge as Parliament Decides Next Moves
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Catalonia’s separatist leaders would consider dropping their demand for independence should the Spanish government offer a way out of the country’s biggest political drama for decades.
The breakaway region’s foreign affairs chief, Raul Romeva, said the showdown with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is about Catalonia’s democratic right to decide its own future rather than just seeking secession. Spain had years to come up with a plan, he said in an interview during a visit to Copenhagen.