FILE PHOTO: A man holds up an Estelada (Catalan separatist flag) outside a Unipost office which was raided by Spanish civil guards in search of material for the proposed October 1 referendum, in Terrassa, Spain, September 19, 2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea/File Photo
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Spain's EU partners fear a mounting crisis over Catalans' latest push for independence, and their public support for Mariano Rajoy belies some disquiet that the conservative prime minister's hardline tactics might backfire.
Few foreign leaders will speak out on a domestic dispute in which government and courts in Madrid say the Catalan regional authorities in Barcelona are defying a constitutional ban on secession by preparing an independence referendum for Oct. 1.
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