Catalonia determined to secede from Spain: Officials

‘The Catalonian government says it will use its democratic mandate to push forward with secession from Spain because Madrid has failed to cooperate on the issue.
The Spanish state “has left us feeling that we just don’t have an alternative,” Catalan Foreign Minister Raul Romeva told the British daily The Guardian on Wednesday
Romeva said the enduring hostile policy from the Spanish side had left the region with no choice but to pursue the independence agenda, with or without the approval of Madrid.’
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