Separatists win control of Catalonia parliament

Will Catalonia split from Spain? Separatists in Catalonia moved one step closer to independence from Spain as they won control of their regional parliament Sunday, September 27. The region’s nationalist president Artur Mas declared victory to a cheering crowd of flag-waving supporters after an emotional election that has heightened tensions with Madrid. “We have won,” he bellowed, after results published by the regional government showed that his separatist alliance and another pro-independence group won an absolute majority of seats between them. “We have a democratic mandate… This gives us enormous legitimacy to go ahead with our plan [for independence],” Mas told the open-air rally in Barcelona.

Read more about how Catalonia’s newly elected pro-Independence parliament on Rappler.