Former Catalan Regional President Artur Mas speaks next to Catalonia' Regional President Carles Puigdemont during a news conference in Barcelona, Spain March 13, 2017. REUTERS/Albert Salame
MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish audit office has demanded the former leader of Catalonia and other politicians from the region pay 5 million euros (4.57 million pounds) for holding a consultative independence ballot in 2014, El Pais newspaper said on Tuesday.
The report, which cited judicial sources, came a day before Catalonia is expected to approve plans to hold an Oct. 1 referendum on a split from Spain.
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