Puigdemont Accuses Madrid of “Worst Attack Since the Dictatorship of Franco”

October 23, 2017 Share Print 0

The Spanish Prime Minister’s move to take back some powers from Catalonia is the “worst attack since the dictatorship of Franco”, says the region’s leader.Carles Puigdemont was reacting to Mariano Rajoy’s announcement that he has approved implementing the previously unused Article 155 of the country’s constitution to assume control of the region to thwart secession attempts.Mr Puigdemont said Mr Rajoy had set out to “humiliate” Catalonia in an “attack on democracy”.He said removing powers from Catalonia was the “worst attack against the institutions and the people of Catalonia since the military dictatorship of Francisco Franco”.

Source: Catalonia leader Carles Puigdemont: Removing powers ‘worst attack since Franco dictatorship’ – Sky News

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Based in London, Craig Erlam joined OANDA in 2015 as a market analyst. With many years of experience as a financial market analyst and trader, he focuses on both fundamental and technical analysis while producing macroeconomic commentary. His views have been published in the Financial Times, Reuters, The Telegraph and the International Business Times, and he also appears as a regular guest commentator on the BBC, Bloomberg TV, FOX Business and SKY News. Craig holds a full membership to the Society of Technical Analysts and is recognised as a Certified Financial Technician by the International Federation of Technical Analysts.