Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez attends a session at Parliament in Madrid, Spain, February 12, 2019. REUTERS/Juan Medina
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's minority Socialist government plans to announce an early general election after its expected defeat in a budget vote on Wednesday following its refusal to negotiate Catalan self-determination, political sources said on Tuesday.
Two small Catalan pro-independence parties, on whose votes the government has been relying to pass legislation, have so far maintained their blanket rejection of the budget.
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