Catalan leader calls for agreed route to split from Spain

Catalan leader calls for agreed route to split from Spain Reuters By Sonya Dowsett and Isla Binnie MADRID (Reuters) - Catalan leader Quim Torra relaunched a campaign to split his region from Spain on Tuesday, rebuffing an offer from the central government in Madrid for a referendum on greater autonomy that would fall well short of independence. Torra set out his separatist roadmap at a lecture entitled "Our Moment" on Tuesday evening, almost five months after he was elected as regional head to replace Carles Puigdemont, who fled to Brussels last year after Madrid removed him from office. Spain's new socialist prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, has taken a softer line towards Catalonia since taking over from Mariano Rajoy, a conservative, in June, but ruled out a vote on independence after a banned and chaotic referendum last Oct The post Catalan leader calls for agreed route to split from Spain appeared first on Firstpost. FirstPost Unsubscribe from these notifications or sign in to manage your Email Applets.