A black ribbon is seen on a Spanish flag at a balcony in Barcelona December 13, 2013. REUTERS/Albert Gea
MADRID (Reuters) - Local lawmakers in the north-eastern Spanish region of Catalonia voted to seek a referendum on breaking away from Spain on Thursday, setting themselves up for a battle with an implacably opposed central government in Madrid.
The Catalan Parliament in Barcelona voted 87 to 43, with 3 abstentions, to send a petition to the national parliament seeking the power to call a popular vote on the region's future.
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