The political crisis in spain has deepened with the leader of catalonia condemning the Spanish Governments plans to sack the regional administration. Carles puigdemont declared that a coup was being mounted and compared the actions of the government in madrid to those of the fascist dictator, general franco. The spanish Prime Minister, mariano rajoy, said hed been left with no choice by an illegal independence referendum. Earlier, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in protest, as tom burridge reports from barcelona. Angrier than ever before catalans who want independence, digesting madrids unprecedented move to temporarily scrap their devolved government. Theyjust want to crush us down. And weve got dignity. Weve got our dignity. Weve fought for it for years. We couldnt speak catalan 40, 50 years ago. Are we going to go back to that . I want to see the army here. Were going to see it at this rate. I dont want that. Im young and i dont have that much knowledge, but i ha
That much knowledge, but i have enough knowledge to know that that isnt normal, and it shouldnt be happening in our country. We are a developed country, this isjust outrageous. Im speechless. The leader of catalonias devolved government in the crowd. Tonight, he called it the biggest attack on catalonias autonomy since the dictatorship of franco. Translation this is the worst attack on the institutions and people of catalonia since the dictatorship of franco. Earlier, spanish ministers approved what is known here as the nuclear option. In a few days, Catalan Autonomy will be suspended, the Regional Government sacked, all of its responsibilities run from madrid. Prime minister rajoy said catalan leaders will not be allowed to destroy the whole way in which spain is governed. Translation we apply article 155 because no government of any democratic country can accept disregard for the law. Catalonia is divided on the issue of independence, and some here, like carlos, accept that the Spani
The political crisis in spain has deepened, with the leader of catalonia condemning the Spanish Governments plans to sack the regional administration. Carles puigdemont declared that a coup was being mounted, and compared the actions of the government in madrid to those of the fascist dictator general franco. The spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy said he had been left with no choice by an illegal independence referendum. Tom burridge reports from barcelona. Angrier than ever before catalans who want independence, digesting madrids unprecedented move to temporarily scrap their devolved government. Theyjust want to crush us down. And weve got dignity. Weve got our dignity. Weve fought for it for years. We couldnt speak catalan only, like, 40, 50 years ago. Are we going to go back to that . I want to see the army here, were going to see it at this rate. I dont want that. Im young and i dont have that much knowledge, but i have enough knowledge to know that that isnt normal, and it sho
Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of barcelona to protest against spains plans to sack the Regional Government and hold fresh elections. The spanish Prime Minister said hed been left with no choice but to restore the rule of law. Carles puigdemont, catalans leader, compared the actions of madrid to the fascist regime of general franco. Tom burridge reports from barcelona. Angrier than ever before, catalans who want independence digesting madrids unprecedented move to temporarily scrap their devolved government. Theyjust want to crush us down, and weve got dignity. Weve got our dignity. Weve fought for it for years. We couldnt speak catalan only, like, 40, 50 years ago. Are we going to go back to that . I want to see the army here. Were going to see it at this rate. I dont want that. Im young and i dont have that much knowledge but i have enough knowledge to know that that isnt normal and it shouldnt be happening in our country. We are a developed country. This i
Its friday 27th october. Im vicki young. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, has called on senators to approve direct rule over catalonia, amid an escalating crisis over the regions push for independence. The Catalan Parliament could respond by declaring independence. Lets cross over live now to my colleague in barcelona. You join me live outside the Catalan Parliament, where after weeks of turmoil, demonstrations and chaos and anger, this Catalan Crisis finally looks to be coming to a head. In the last few minutes, ca rles head. In the last few minutes, Carles Puigdemont, the catalan president , arrived here at parliament. We understand one of the motions he put to a vote today is a declaration of independence, a declaration of independence, a declaration that catalonia will be a sovereign state, independent, they will notify the eu, and any think madrid two sides will be irrelevant because it will be outside catalan law. That flies in the face of