MADRID: The Spanish government said on Thursday it would press ahead with steps to suspend the autonomy of Catalonia, after the region’s separatist leader threatened to declare independence from Spain if Madrid continued its “repression.”

“The Spanish government will continue with the procedures outlined in article 155 of the Constitution to restore legality in Catalonia’s self-government,” it said in a statement, referring to an article that allows for Madrid to take direct control over a region in exceptional circumstances.

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