Name: Spain imposes direct rule over Catalonia after independence declaration
Uploaded: 2017-10-27T20:42:25+00:00
Duration: 5 min 31 s
Description: Huge crowds have been celebrating on the streets of Barcelona, as the Catalan parliament voted to establish an "independent and sovereign state" - a declaration met with an immediate response from Spain: direct rule. And as for Europe, a big no too,as the head of the EU parliament declared no-one in the bloc would recognise Catalan independence.

Huge crowds have been celebrating on the streets of Barcelona, as the Catalan parliament voted to establish an “independent and sovereign state” – a declaration met with an immediate response from Spain: direct rule. And as for Europe, a big no too,as the head of the EU parliament declared no-one in the bloc would recognise Catalan independence.