MADRID (Reuters) - A separatist leader has said Catalonia would have to leave the European Union temporarily if it won independence from Spain, in remarks that could be a vote-loser in Sept. 27 elections.
Jordi Sanchez, president of the Catalan National Assembly, a pro-independence organisation, later said however he wanted to "correct" his remarks. Polls have shown that support among Catalans for independence falls if it means leaving the EU, of which Spain has been a member since 1986.
