Support for independence drops to four-year low in Catalonia


  • World
  • Saturday, 24 Feb 2018

A Pro-independence demonstrator holds up an Estelada pro-indpendence flag during a protest outside the regional parliament in Barcelona, Spain, January 30, 2018. REUTERS/Albert Gea

MADRID (Reuters) - The number of Catalans in favour of their region becoming independent from Spain has dropped to a four-year low, a survey showed on Friday, casting renewed doubt over the secession campaign just as its leaders disagree on the way forward.

Catalonia, a wealthy region in northern Spain, made a unilateral declaration of independence in October but the move was stopped by the Spanish authorities because it was against the country's constitution.

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