Support for Catalan independence slips as referendum nears


  • World
  • Friday, 21 Jul 2017

FILE PHOTO - A general view of the pro-independence rally in Barcelona, Spain June 11, 2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea

MADRID (Reuters) - Support for Catalonia's independence from the rest of Spain has fallen to its lowest level since a separatist campaign gained traction in 2012, but still remains a close call ahead of an October referendum on secession, a survey showed on Friday.

Some 41.1 percent of people in Catalonia were in favour of the creation of an independent state, according to a June poll by the regional government's Centre of Opinion Studies (CEO), down from around 44 percent recorded in March and December.

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