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Barcelona prepares for ‘perfect storm’ as Spanish cabinet visits

Dec 21, 2018

A day of planned demonstrations in the city follows a year of turmoil for Catalonia

December 21, 2018. Published by The Irish Times

Earlier this week, the words “Go home Pedro” were sprayed in English on the outside of the Casa Llotja de Mar building in central Barcelona and a Catalan independence flag was daubed underneath.

On Friday, Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez is due to gather his ministers there, the first time in the democratic era that the central government will hold a cabinet meeting in the city. The presence of the Spanish government in the Catalan capital was supposed to reflect their determination to engage with the region, with Sánchez expected to announce several progressive economic and social measures…(See article)

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