http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41191327
Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy says he will ask the courts to revoke a law passed by the Catalan regional government to hold a referendum on independence. He described the vote, planned for 1 October, as illegal.
Earlier, state prosecutors said they would bring criminal charges against Catalan leaders for their endorsement of the referendum.
The pro-independence majority in Catalonia's parliament passed the referendum law on Wednesday. Spain's wealthy north-eastern region already has autonomous powers but the regional government says it has popular support for full secession.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 09 2017, @12:02AM
Here are talking about 265 billions that are the direct public debt with the state plus the proportionate share of the whole of Spain which an independent Catalonia still would have to pay to the state.
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.abc.es/espana/abci-deuda-oculta-plan-independentista-catalan-265000-millones-euros-201709030329_noticia.html [google.com]