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


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  • Thursday, 21 Dec 2023

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.

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