MADRID – Spain’s prime minister Wednesday asked the head of the secession-minded Catalonia region the question that no one can seem to answer: Did he declare independence or not? But Puigdemont also said that the formal declaration of independence would be delayed for several weeks to have further dialogue with Madrid. The recent call for Catalan independence represents the biggest constitutional crisis in Spain since the end of the Franco regime in the mid-1970s. But after weeks of suspense – and clashes between Spanish police and Catalan residents – there was far more murkiness than light. After Puigdemont spoke, Spanish Vice President Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría attacked the speech.

Source: National Post October 11, 2017 14:48 UTC