Catalan President: Now Is Not the Time for a Unilateral Independence Vote
Pere Aragonès discusses negotiations with Madrid, Catalan views on NATO, and prospects for a future referendum.
In 2017, Spain’s northeastern region of Catalonia unilaterally voted for independence, setting off the country’s worst political crisis in decades. Since then, some of the movement’s leaders have fled the country, facing charges of sedition and rebellion if they return. Five years on, criminal cases remain open against leaders who stayed.
Clara Gutman-Argemí is an editorial fellow at Foreign Policy.
Amy Mackinnon is a national security and intelligence reporter at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @ak_mack
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