Independence referendum is out of the question, Spain's PM tells Catalonia

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Catalonia's President Pere Aragones meet at Palau de la Generalitat in Barcelona, Spain December 21, 2023. REUTERS/Albert Gea

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday told the Catalan regional president a self-determination referendum is out of the question even after he allied with Catalan separatist parties in Parliament.

"No constitution in the world accepts and allows the separation of a part of its country. None. In Spain either," Sanchez told a press briefing in Barcelona after meeting Pere Aragones, the Catalan regional president.