Thursday approved a plan to hold a referendum on a possible
declaration of independence by the Spanish region.
The motion to hold the referendum, which may lead to a high-profile
political clash with the country's central government, was approved
with the vote of Catalan nationalist and far left parties, with the
conservative Popular Party- -which holds a large majority in the
Spanish parliament--voting against.
The Socialist Party, until recently in power in Catalonia, didn't cast
a vote in protest for what it called an illegal proposal.
Just as the Catalan parliament voted, Spanish deputy Prime Minister
Soraya Saenz de Santamaria said the country's government is dead-set
against such a referendum, and will use "every tool at its disposal"
to stop the referendum from being held.
Catalan nationalist parties complain that a large share of resources
drawn from the region, one of Spain's largest, end up in poorer
regions. They have tried to negotiate a new fiscal deal with Madrid,
but the attempt was recently rebuffed.
http://www.nasdaq.com/article/catalonian-parliament-approves-independence-referendum-plan-20120927-00947
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