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| Catalonia: Spanish government rejects 'tacit' independence declaration | Catalonia: Spanish government rejects 'tacit' independence declaration |
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| The Spanish government has described Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont’s parliamentary statement in which he suspended a declaration of independence from Spain, as “blackmail broadcast live to the state” and said it rejects the “tacit” independence declaration. | |
| In his address the Catalan leader maintained the legality of the October 1 referendum, and said Catalans had “won their right to become an independent country” but said he will first seek to open a dialogue with Madrid. | |
| Spain’s ABC newspaper quoted central government sources who said Mr Puigdemont’s statement would have “legal consequences”. | |
| “The government will not give in to any blackmail, it will not allow it,” sources from La Moncloa, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s official residence, reportedly said. | |
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