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Catalonia leader promises 2017 independence referendum

Published: 28 Sep 2016 - 06:19 pm | Last Updated: 11 Nov 2021 - 05:38 am
Catalonia's President Carles Puigdemont gestures during a confidence vote session at Catalan Parliament in Barcelona, Spain, September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Albert Gea

Catalonia's President Carles Puigdemont gestures during a confidence vote session at Catalan Parliament in Barcelona, Spain, September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Albert Gea

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Barcelona: The president of Spain's Catalonia region on Wednesday said he would call an independence referendum in September 2017, in a move likely to infuriate Madrid.

"We will be ready to... call a referendum for the second half of September of next year," Carles Puigdemont told regional lawmakers.

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