Crises: Spanish Prime Minister Sánchez meets Catalan Regional President Torra



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D The new Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez meets Monday (11.30) in Madrid for the first time the Catalan regional president Quim Torra. Sánchez announced his willingness to dialogue with the independence activists of Barcelona. He represents a softer line in the Catalan question than his conservative predecessor Mariano Rajoy, whom he replaced in early June. However, the Social Democrat politician rejects Torra's renewed referendum on Spain's disengagement from Spain.

As a sign of goodwill, the Spanish government imprisoned six of the nine leaders of the independence movement a few days ago in the Catalan penitentiary. transferred. Torra said before the meeting that he wanted to hear from Sánchez how he supported the right to self-determination of Catalonia. The central government declared that the Spanish constitution did not provide for a right to self-determination.

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