Spain threatened on Wednesday to suspend Catalonia’s autonomy if it follows through on its threat to break away as an independent country. The debate would focus on “how Catalonia remains in Spain, and not how it leaves,” Sanchez told reporters. Unknown consequencesFollowing his declaration to parliament, Puigdemont and his allies signed an independence declaration outside the chamber, but its legal validity was unclear. The crisis has caused deep uncertainty for businesses in one of the wealthiest regions in the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy. Demands for independence in Catalonia, one of Spain’s 17 semi-autonomous regions which has its own language and cultural traditions, date back centuries.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 11, 2017 12:22 UTC