Catalonia independence: Spanish PM calls for end to ‘radicalism’

Protests spread following crackdown over Catalonian independence vote

Thousands protest after Spanish police raid Catalan government offices in Barcelona last month
Thousands protest following Spanish police raids on Catalan government offices in Barcelona last month
(Image credit: David Ramos/Getty Images)

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has used a televised address to urge Catalan separatists to stop the region’s banned independence referendum from going ahead on 1 October.

“I call on them to end their illegal actions, to abandon their plans, they know this referendum cannot be held,” Rajoy said. “Stop this escalation of radicalism and disobedience once and for all.”

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