FANS OF INDEPENDENCE
A Barcelona’s fan holds an “estelada” (pro-independence Catalan flag) during a UEFA Champions League football match between FC Barcelona and FC BATE Borisov in Barcelona on November 4. Catalonia’s regional parliament on Monday began a process leading to secession from Spain, a move bitterly criticized as illegal by Madrid. AFP PHOTO
A Barcelona’s fan holds an “estelada” (pro-independence Catalan flag) during a UEFA Champions League football match between FC Barcelona and FC BATE Borisov in Barcelona on November 4. Catalonia’s regional parliament on Monday began a process leading to secession from Spain, a move bitterly criticized as illegal by Madrid. AFP PHOTO
MADRID: Catalonia’s pro-independence regional parliament was expected to launch a secession process in Spain’s wealthiest region on Monday, in a showdown with the central government in Madrid.