Catalan lawmakers vote ‘yes’ to independence referendum

‘Catalonia’s regional parliament has voted in favor of holding a referendum on independence from mainland Spain next year despite mounting pressure from the central government against the vote.
The Catalan parliament voted on Thursday to hold a referendum to determine the breakaway from Spain in September 2017.
Spain’s acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and his conservative People’s Party (PP) have repeatedly rejected the notion of an independence referendum pursued by separatists in the autonomous northeastern region.’
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