The parliament of Catalonia has declared independence from Spain.
- The decision was made during a secret vote in Barcelona
- 70 voted in favour, 10 voted against, while two cast blank ballots.
- Now the Spanish government will depose the Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and his cabinet.
- Madrid is allowed to directly administer the region.
- Catalonia was is a region in the northeastern extremity of the Iberian Peninsula.
- Its constitutional status is the subject of a dispute between the Kingdom of Spain, which views it as an autonomous community within Spain, and the Generalitat de Catalunya, which views it as an independent republic following a unilateral declaration of independence from Spain on October 27, 2017.
About Spain
- King: Felipe VI
- Prime Minister: Mariano Rajoy
- President of the Senate: Pío García-Escudero
- President of the Congress of Deputies: Ana Pastor Julián
- Capital: Madrid
