Spain dissolved Catalonia's Parliament and called new regional elections after separatists voted for independence in a sharp escalation of a constitutional crisis that has stoked alarm in Europe
In a televised address after an emergency cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said he had also removed secessionist Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and his executive.
In a televised address after an emergency cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said he had also removed secessionist Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and his executive.
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy moved swiftly after the Senate gave his Govt sweeping powers to impose direct rule on the semi-autonomous region to quash its drive to break away from Spain.
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy called for regional elections on December 21,2017 as part of efforts to "restore normality" after the vote in the Catalan Parliament plunged Spain into uncharted waters.
After a months-long standoff with Madrid, regional lawmakers voted 70 to 10 in the 135-member Parliament to declare Catalonia "a republic in the form of an independent and sovereign state"
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