Catalonia's regional leader Quim Torra told Reuters on Friday that he wants...
"We will be independent," Catalan regional leader saysBARCELONA - Catalonia’s regional leader Quim Torra told Reuters on Friday that he wants to agree on a date for an independence referendum as part of talks with the Spanish government, arguing that the region’s path towards secession is “irreversible”.
Torra met on Thursday with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who rejects any move towards independence but agreed to hold talks with Catalonia’s leaders to discuss the future of the wealthy northeastern region. But Torra said he wants to discuss a date for an independence referendum and get results on both issues at a meeting later this month with the Spanish government, which Sanchez and he would chair.Torra, who considers Sanchez should attend all the negotiation meetings, said the longstanding Catalan issue was not frozen but a “hot conflict”.
The growing division among the two main separatist parties that rule the region - Torra’s centre-right Junts per Catalunya and ERC - prompted Torra to announce a snap regional election last month. The earliest it can be is May. [
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