King Felipe: Catalonia's authorities have 'scorned' all Spaniards with referendum
2017-10-04 14:40:15 source：The Guardian
October 4, 2017
King Felipe of Spain has accused the Catalan authorities of attempting to break “the unity of Spain” and warned that their push for independence could risk the country’s social and economic stability.
In a rare and strongly worded television address on Tuesday evening, he said the Catalan government’s behaviour had “eroded the harmony and co-existence within Catalan society itself, managing, unfortunately, to divide it”.
Speaking two days after the regional government’s unilateral independence referendum, in which 90% participants opted to secede from Spain, he described Catalan society as “fractured” but said Spain would remain united.
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