Barcelona and Madrid: Growing Tensions

... the real lay of the land among the Catalan voters. The vast majority of proponents of Spain’s integrity ignored the poll as illegitimate. Nevertheless, the results... ... was precisely the uncompromising rigid policy of the central Government that sparked separatism among the larger portion of Catalans. The Spanish Government received an... ... region’s situation) and start looking for a constructive solution to the “Catalan issue”. Spanish experts think that under the current circumstances it...