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SNP urges Spain to 'respect' Catalan vote
[BBC] The SNP has urged Spain to "respect" the overwhelming pro-independence vote in the disputed Catalan referendum.A motion passed unanimously at the party's conference called for international mediators to help find an "agreed solution" to the crisis. There were cheers and loud applause for a Catalan government delegation after it was introduced at the conference. SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon said earlier that it was "not for me to say whether Catalonia should be independent". And while the motion describes the referendum as an "expression of the democratic will of the people of Catalonia", it does not explicitly say that region should now become independent as a result. The referendum on 1 October was said by the Catalan government to have resulted in a 90% vote in favour of independence. Posted by: Fred 2017-10-10 |
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