, the rest of the spanish people in catalonia, catalonia exists in the rest of spain and particularly the trade is sustained. the economic call part of catalonia is sustained in the most important part of it because of the spanish. this is very important. this is very important to understand. today, there are some people unfortunately, i am very sad about this and i hope this will stop immediately on their return, the most important companies over at catalonia, more than 400 have left catalonia because of this crisis, which has been provoked by the instability. this is the contradictions in terms. how can you protect your country if you are forcing your rich -- your wealth to get to feed your country. this is something they have to answer. i would like where it is naturally has to be and not forced by a crisis like this. we speak about entities, but hopefully, we shouldn't have the problem of financial deficits. this could be a tremendous situation. there is another thing i would like to mention. it has a little bit to do, in spain, i was some days ago with a man of gp mode. when i as

catalonia is different. it doesn't have an army, and as far as anyone knows, it doesn't have a secretive paramilitary organization, like the i.r.a. >> independencia! >> reporter: catalonia's decades-long drive towards independence has relied on the power of peaceful public protests, but it's met total resistance from madrid and the european union, which doesn't want to encourage other separatist movements in france, italy, and belgium. this week, spain's detention of two leading independence activists on sedition charges fueled catalan anger. nuria simon, a tour guide in barcelona, is among protesters who claim the future of democracy is at stake. >> as a catalan, i feel very mistreated from the spanish government. it's nothing against the country. it's nothing against our neighbors in spain. it's nothing against the people. it's against the spanish government. they've crossed the red line one, two, three times again. we're taxed much more than the rest of spain. there is no freedom of expression nowadays. >

is on the catalonia side here is wrong i mean flat out that there is no i mean catalonia is going to call if they if they seceded their first call will be term erkel mark on a suspect but you know they will find no friend there i think and how would you assess the spanish economy overall where where is spain's economy right now where the spanish economy is doing very well at the moment in part also because of strong activity in catalonia but on all not all not only that so this is a very unwell come from the point of view of the spanish economy which is also why i think that the the government is being so quote unquote heavy handed both in terms of its political rhetoric and in the way they. try to scrap with a referendum over the weekend because. nobody needs this in spain right now but it's a promise to all right and so this idea that has alone is it want to leave because they think they're paying a little bit too much tax matric which is different and this is my this is a narrative of the situation i'm giving it there are other perspectives of this but i think this perspective is

this will call kit catalonia's movemplicate catalonia's towards independence. exodus going to force catalonian's to think twice about their drive for independence? >> we heard the decree of the state to make it exodus going te catalonian's to easier to put their headquarters in another place. >> they are doing it. it, others are talking about it. what we are looking at is the big numbers in the last year are very favorable towards catalonia. we have big international investment is growing, also growing in 2017. and we have this independence movement from 2010. we don't really see the independence movement is affecting the international investment. what is of course clear is en are freeinessm to move their businesses. we think barcelona is a very attractive place to be. we are not going to see bigger movements in that sense. >> you buy into this? >> i am not so optimistic. athink, like maybe there is similar situation during the brexit, just before the brexit. greathing was going to be and fine. now everyone wakes up, there are problems. catalonia would not be a

transporter spain's prime minister says he's prepared to suspend catalonia or self-governing status if separatist leaders declare independence i know he says he will take a hard line to keep spain united. we have to return to legality and the key is to do so quickly and go back to normal have the absolute reassurance that the government will prevent any declaration of independence from turning into something spain will continue to be spain and it will continue being spain for a long time hurricane makes has made landfall along the u.s. gulf coast evacuation orders have been in place in several states since saturday the mayor of the. city of new orleans has declared a state of emergency nato has already hit parts of central america killing twenty five people now people have come out to show support for the families of victims survivors and the emergency teams who responded to the shooting in las vegas there were also calls for stricter gun control. well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after counting the cost of that sort of. thing with documentaries that o

the spanish government's official representative in catalonia has apologized for police violence during the band's secession referendum on sunday it comes as catalonia as head of police appearing course in madrid facing accusations of sedition castle on health authorities say around nine hundred people were injured. the geneva based and to nuclear weapons organization i can has been awarded this year's nobel peace prize the u.n. secretary general welcomed the unexpected decision tweeting that know more than ever we need a world without nuclear weapons us president donald trump's plan to decertify the iranian nuclear deal is being greeted with international criticism the european commission says the deal is working while russia's foreign minister says it's important to preserve the agreement the american civil liberties union is suing the u.s. trump administration after rollback measures on birth control gardens says she by the attorney general will allow employers to exempt themselves from providing health insurance to their employees that covers contraceptives if you know will full mil

is on the catalonia side here is wrong i mean flat out that there is no i mean catalonia is going to call if they if they seceded their first call will be term erkel mark on a suspect but you know they will find no friend there i think and how would you assess the spanish economy overall where where is spain's economy right now where the spanish economy is doing very well at the moment in part also because of strong activity in catalonia but on all not all not only that so this is a very unwell come from the point of view of the spanish economy which is also why i think that the the government is being so quote unquote heavy handed both in terms of its political rhetoric and in the way they. try to scrap with a referendum over the weekend because. nobody needs this in spain right now it's about economies doing all right and so this idea of a catalonia is it wants to leave because they think they're paying a little bit too much tax to madrid which is there's some stand this is my this is a narrative of the situation that i'm giving you there are other perspectives of this but i think

these live pictures from the catalonia parliament. but there are still many questions here to be answered quite what this means for catalonia and how it will be able to implement independence is a big big question because it is against the spanish constitution it says it is. against the law and madrid is now currently voting as i said earlier on whether to direct control over catalonia. but anyway for the moment is inside the land parliament but we can see they're very happy with how things have turned. this after many days of indecision people were expecting the cattle and prime minister president sorry to make it clear yes or no whether he was declaring independence in fact he decided today to push that see what the cattle and parliament to make the decision and they have. so many cattle and flags as you'd expect out on the streets of barcelona in among them we hope to go to a city charlotte somewhere correspondent bastogne hopefully she will be giving us an update but it was interesting to hear what she was reporting just last hour

catalonia again became an autonomous region. since then it's continue to push for greater control of its own affairs. in two thousand and six by in socialist goverernment expanded the region's power. and for the first time the local catalonia and nation. the conservative party challenge this in court. four years later spain's cultural courts struck down the law. said catalonia was not a nation and its language couldn't supplant castilian spanish. the routing sparked mass protests. that you will never get togethers eleven the motto of this protest is we are a nation we will decide our own future. we are telling the state and the supreme court that regardless of how many laws the adopt here in catalonia we feel we are a nation. and nobody can stop it. so your job at the planet. in the following years celebrations on the eleventh of september the national day of catalonia became a show of force for catalan independence. in twenty fourteen catalan people voted in a non binding independence referendum held in defiance of the madrid g

you know a lot about the history of catalonia and i get the history of catalonia and i get the feeling you are astonished at what has unfolded. astonished and yet it was political that it would happen because it was an unstoppable force meeting and immovable object. there was no way that either side we re there was no way that either side were going to give way. any dialogue would involve, on the spanish side, deepening the process of autonomy, and any dialogue on the side of the separatists, the catalan government, was about independence or nothing, so was about independence or nothing, so the two objects have met now and what is astonishing is that we didn't really think about what this might mean. i think the intervention by the spanish government will have repercussions that we are only guessing at. let me hold you there because there is condemnation across the european union of the moves by the european union of the moves by the catalan regional government, the british government among many saying they do not recognise it but they will also be worried about how the spanish governm

, catalonia was part of the others that were occupying catalonia. so, i mean, culturally matters, familial matters and we're the same people and we have the same interests and when we were in 1898 and we lost cuba and the philippines, catalonia was there and when we were invaded by the french, catalonia was made. and when we were in the beginning of this, catalonia was there. and catalonians felt spash-- in the time from '78 until now, the economic and social, in any respect regarding the rights of -- have never been as high as now. has to remind when these type of-- very typical of the nationalists, this type, is on the table and has justification for something with no justification at all. >> thank you very much. i want to mention to the audience by the way, a bit later we'll have questions. if you have-- maybe by the door you have questions, and we will have with limited time. let me get to the referendum october 1st, so, the catalonian decided to pass this bill, that the spanish authorities deemed illegal, the courts have deemed illegal to pass

and all the majority of catalonia and all the rights of this part of catalonia who want to stay in spain have their own rates, perhaps to stay with a spanish passport and to live here freely. catalonia is always a country, for all its history, has been... inclusive. thank you very much. there you have the argument for separatism. we will be speaking throughout the day to those people who don't want catalonia to leave spain. we are at a pivotal moment. it isa spain. we are at a pivotal moment. it is a significant moment, this is the first time ever since the death of franco that an autonomous region, one of 17, has had the power removed to be imposed directly know from madrid. uncharted territory. thanks very much. police in germany say an attacker with a knife has injured several people in the southern city of munich. the stabbings occurred near the rosenheimer underground station. the suspect has now been detained. explosives experts have been called to the sellafield nuclear plant to deal with a chemical incident. a cordon was put in place following an incident which happened during an

is on the catalonia side here is wrong i mean flat out that there is no i mean catalonia going to call if they if they succeed their first call will be to merkel mcconnell's back but they will find no friend there and how would you assess the spanish economy overall where where is spain's economy right now while the spanish economy is doing very well at the moment in part also because of strong activity in catalonia but on all not all not only that so this is a very unwelcome from the point of view of the spanish economy which is also why i think that the government is being so quote unquote heavy handed both in terms of its political rhetoric and in the way they. tried to scrub with a referendum over the weekend because. nobody needs this in spain right now but if you convert you all right and so this idea that has a lot is it want to leave because they think they're paying a little bit too much tax immigrant which is different and this is my this is a narrative of the situation i'm giving it there are other perspectives of this but i think this perspective is the one that many spania

where does catalonia go from now? where does catalonia go from now? do you think the boycott will bea now? do you think the boycott will be a waste of time? not a waste of time. we will have difficult times until we have some international recognition. i'm sure that's not possible in the first days and weeks. that's absolutely natural. i'm not expecting much from the leaders of the european union. they said what they have to say, they protect each other. it's a block of states so they protect each other but when things change, they are extremely pragmatic people. this happened in estonia, in the years of the former yugoslavia, at the very beginning, they said no, you are not becoming independent states, we are not going to recognise, and now many of them are now members of the european union. thanks very much forjoining us. clearly very happy about the declaration of independence. much more on the bbc news website. let's catch up with the weather now. the wind will blow in more clout to northern and western parts. the numbers in towns and cities here,

the euro zone would be stable enough to absorb an exit of catalonia the question is what catalonia wardour because catalonia would have to introduce a new currency which is very difficult you know they don't have a central bank so there would be a huge challenge as soon as they declare independence they are no longer a member of the e.u. or the euro zone that's why it's clearly in our exit is only possible without massive disruptions if there is a longer phase preparing the transition claimants because they have president of the evil institute thank you so much for taking the time to speak to us thank you. well friction economic friction not just in europe but also in america canada us prime minister justin trudeau is headed for washington for the fourth round of talks to revamp the north american trade pact today is this it comes as u.s. presidents donald trump again signals the deal is doomed he wants to bring back production to the united states but many businesses warn that terminating the agreement would be bad for all involved. renegotiating nafta isn't easy last evening the u.s. pre

of catalonia went to the polls seeking independence the spanish state reacted with force against peaceful voters still again the question arises what is the e.u.'s commitment to democracy and who is allowed self-determination. cross-talk in catalonia i'm joined by my guess up in london he is a professor of political science at coventry university as well as author of referendums and ethnic conflict also in london we have matthew goodwin he is an expert in european politics from the university of kent and chad house and in paris we cross to john laughlin he is director of studies at the institute of democracy and cooperation right gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to john first in paris john can you give me your assessment of what happened on sunday because from an optical point of view it was an utter disaster what are the political consequences and does it start some kind of cascade effect for catalonia as the people that live there want to move towards independence and what about the rest of europe go ahead

now at this point, at this historic moment, i ask the president of catalonia —— as president of catalonia, i want to follow pupils will for catalonia to become an independent state. applause. this is what we must do today for respect and solemnity and the government and myself propose that this parliament suspends the effects of the independence declaration in order to establish dialogue without which we cannot reach a solution. we wa nt which we cannot reach a solution. we want the tension to be de—escalated. and in order to work towards putting into practice the results of the referendum. you know thatjust after the referendum we have been trying to establish bridges of dialogue nationally and internationally, some of them well—known and others, other initiatives not well known and not public. all of them very difficult. but difficult to imagine in the past. we have been hurt —— we've been heard from all over the world. big personalities, the united nations, members of the united nations, members of the united nations, european leaders, there are many personalities in europe who

but it's not all good news for catalonia. if the region becomes independent, we have the .uestion about debt the local debt is at 35 point 2%. madrid could argue an independent catalonia take the 19% of its debt. basically, that is the same as the gdp of catalonia, 100%. the region would essentially be bankrupt. >> we will take a quick break and be back in a few minutes of thate live coverage mass shooting out of las vegas today. stay tuned. ♪ >> in november 2016 on the heels of a national election that shows few signs of decency or mutual respect, the first citizens hotel in salt lake city, utah -- thihis was nene in the spirit of abraham lincoln's comment. wasutah citizens s summit created by local citizens who volunteered their time a and skills in order to facilitatate dialogue among utah. this included hosting panel discussions among a diverse group of utah and nanational leaders who explored more civil, compassionate e and collaborarae approaches to the challenges that faced utah and the nation.

>> today, i have dissolved the parliament of catalonia. amy: spain's government seizes control of catalonia just after the parliament votes for independence. we will speak with journalist carlin, who reported for the spanish newspaper el pais for nearly two decades before he was ago writing an article headlined "catalan independence: arrogance of madrid explains this chaos." then to puerto rico, where the governor says he is canceling the controversial $300 million whitefishith wha energy. democracy now! got reaction from the head of the puerto rico electrical workers union angel figueroa jaramillo. >> i believe this is the time to make sure these context of .appen again amy: then, tensions continue to mount between the united states and north korea. >> no mistake, any attack on the united states or our allies will be defeated. any use of nuclear weapons by the north will be met with a massive military response effective and overwhelming. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace repo

conditions would you return to catalonia? second question -- what is your message to those catalans who seem to [indiscernible] puigdemont: i am not here to demand asylum. i am here in brussels, the capital of europe. of nationalquestion politics. it hasas no relationship. inm here to model, to act freedom, in safety and surety. translator: can you repeat your quesestion? sam: [indiscernible] puigdemont: under w what conditions would i returned to catalonia? we are h here because we expect guarantees we hahave not been given yet to catalonia in spain. you will have notid the title of this document issued by the public prosecutor. has said, prosecutor the bigger they come, the higher they go, the harder they fall. that is their attitude. there is a sense of vengeance as soon as these threats have been withdrawn. as soon asas a process o of diae is initiated, involving all , particularly on the part of those who have accused us of committing serious offefenses -- the conditionsns cannot be met -- until those conditions are met,

push for independence catalonia has repeatedly face fierce opposition from madrid is a recap. those in charge of government who are the protagonists in this challenge to work or existence i ask them to cease illegal activity. we are now applying article one five five because no government at all in a democratic country can accept that the law will be ignored or violated or changed this has all happened under false criteria and they impose their criteria on everybody else. so ok we can get some reaction to all of this now this is story decision that was made from you keep any pain david coburn who joins us thanks very much for your time david for coming on to our say what's your reaction firstly to the catalan vote and their vote for independence. well it's very interesting in scotland we had a problem and we had a vault we had a plebiscite on this and we decided to remain british. obviously it would seem that there needs to be a proper. vote taken which is that which people do not refuse to take part in you have to make sure the whole population agree to that and we did and we

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle the people of catalonia went to the polls seeking independence the spanish state reacted with force against peaceful voters still again the question arises what is the e.u.'s commitment to democracy and who is allowed self-determination. crosstalk in catalonia i'm joined by i guess up in london he is a professor of political science at coventry university as well as author of referendums and ethnic conflict also in london we have matthew goodwin he is an expert in european politics from the university of kent and chad ham house and in paris we cross to john laughlin he is director of studies at the institute of democracy and cooperation right gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to john first in paris john can you give me your assessment of what happened on sunday because from an optical point of view it was an utter disaster what are the political consequences and does it start some kind of cascade effect for catalonia as the peop

spain wide as well as in catalonia. and i think ironically now, what you have is more than 1000 companies moving their headquarters out of catalonia to other regions, and that means that tax receipts to the region will decline, and the key plank for the catalonian separatist movement was we are wealthy enough to go on our own, it has been weak and severely because businesses are the camping. that's the real question going on, no one will recognise catalonia —— camping elsewhere. they don't seem to have a plan, no one have spoken about a currency to catalonia, so i think whatever happens on december 21, whoever wins, i think instability will remain and that will be a damper on the economy. i think you made a good point because it's true that more than 1000 companies moved their headquarters from catalonia to other places in spain. and of course, the economic consequences on catalonia are going to be consequences for the whole of spain. thank you very much for reminding that no, the vast majority of the catalonian peo

does catalonia have a point. so sorry i can't hear you much because there speak behind me but can you repeat the question yes no problem selling catalonia complain they get less back from madrid than they pay to the government in taxes how true is that yeah that's completely true i mean there are several economic studies that prove these. days the lark that seems to some other rhythm receives very few that's one of the reasons why the movement for independence house rights in the uk but it's not it's not the main reason accident actually with. the main reason probably from now on will be the violence of the spanish government just to avoid a vote i don't feel now that they can read any of the main reason it's especially at the demographic group of. us also looking at the two as they tied together the violence on the on the economic principles hammy on the other side of madrid claims economy is dependent on its ties to spain too dependent and independence would have a dramatic would have dramatic consequences for

catalonia then independent legally is catalonia in the european union just give us the big picture if catalonia declares independence unilaterally on the weekend it will not be recognized by other e.u. states. it will not automatically be out of the european union as far as i understand it my understanding is that spain would have to initiate a process of expelling it and thereby rather paradoxically actually recognizing it's it's sort of a separate status it would not be i think a good option for catalonia to go down the u.t.i. route we know that countries which have declared u.t.i. in the past can sometimes wait long periods of time before they are recognised my organization for example is work with somaliland which declared independence unilaterally in one thousand nine hundred one and it is not being recognized yet but i think there is a way out of this crisis and the way out is actually for madrid to copy london's example and to allow a legal referendum on the issue of independence for catalonia the advantage of that is that would be a great demonstration of madrid's democratic c

more and more companies are turning their back on catalonia only spanish firms. well the ones that we have heard of so far have been spanish companies that were headquartered in catalonia apart from the ones you've mentioned we've also seen gas the cloth and not some moving out that is spain's largest domestic energy company biotech arise and in total we have more than a dozen companies moving out of catalonia saying that however it isn't just spanish companies that may consider a change because of this unrest one of the companies that's reportedly thinking of moving out of catalonia is of course a beret that's a highway management firm it is spanish but of course it's also the target of a sixteen billion euro takeover bid from spain from italy's adland and that bit is of course meant to create the largest highway toll highway operator in the world that was on track for approval by spanish authorities but of course the political uncertainty might believe that deal so this certainly is an issue limited to the spanish business community alone you also have internat

international now spain and historic day for catalonia the region's parliament has voted in favor of declaring independence from spain the results of a secret ballots were released at around three thirty local time and a total of seventy two all makers voted in favor of cattle and independents ten dated against and two abstained both pro independence lawmakers and crowds of people outside the parliament didn't hesitate to show their election. us in the instance you've. made and living. in the me thank you. thank you thank you. thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you. ok well let's get the latest from boss alone with bin species covering events for us the charlotte hello again there's been a bit of time hasn't there for the new sisson canmore the reaction in barcelona at the moment. the people are speaking to what is clearly a pro independence rally exactly as you'd expect they are you for it over this decision that their parliament has voted for independence this is something i was just talking to a couple people moments ago who said it's not just their mates their parents

because we've got breaking news it's been in the story day for catalonia the region's parliament has voted in favor of declaring independence from the results of the secret ballot released last hour we go live now to our correspondent in the qur'an capital barcelona. is is there for us good afternoon to charlotte just talk us through them the reaction on the streets of barcelona after news of the vote came out. incredible reaction andy i have never seen anything quite like it to see if people the estimates from the national guard here in boston and it suggest twelve thousand people were out on the streets and the moment that vote came through that it was a yes vote for independence for catalonia they went out soon be wild it looked like there were bottles of champagne popping in the streets people broke into song they were so so happy and that was sort of the cumulation of the reaction as they were hearing each of those votes as they were being counted every time a yes vote it was a scream into the air and yes every time there was a no vote there was booing and of course doing for th

organizers say it was the biggest ever protest against catalonia seating from spain . well despite those protests catalonia may now be just a day away from a unilateral declaration of independence the catalan leader is expected to make and eagerly expected speech to the regional parliament on tuesday joining us now for more on that is a char who is in the catalan capital barcelona and we also have publicly elie us standing by for us in the spanish capital madrid funny i'll turn first to you how likely is it looking that the cattle and leader will indeed declare independence tomorrow. this is a very difficult question to answer because they've been so many mixed conflicting voices over the course of the past days of the past weeks indeed coming both from the catalonia government but also from the office of the catalonia president pushed him along well what we're hearing right now just a short while ago the coordinator of the cut that on your government sad that in tuesday president bush demand is going to talk about hall to move forward from here now that doesn't really

until now, they've had to show that catalonia doesn't only belong to them. show that catalonia doesn't only that what madrid has done is saying that what madrid has done is a coup, a:k.a. against democracy. it's the worst attack on catalonia since general franco —— it is a coup against democracy. what about that? it's not ready a problem inaudible if people blame the police, telling them that it is their fault, you are not winning. they are what is you happening in catalonia. thank you for being with us. our correspondent sarah rainsford is on madrid. what are the next steps in this constitutional crisis? these next apps are critical, they will be difficult for the government here in madrid because this is crunch time. monday morning will be crunch time, when the civil servants and the ministers who have been removed from power officially on paper, that is when we find out whether they intend to go back to their offices or whether they intend any of them to resist orders for direct rule from madrid. also, the 200,000 or so civil servants and staff members who work for them. the que

hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle the people of catalonia went to the polls seeking independence the spanish state reacted with force against peaceful voters still again the question arises what is the. he used commitment to democracy and who is allowed self-determination. across the uk in catalonia i'm joined by my guess up in london he is a professor of political science at coventry university as well as author of referendums and ethnic conflict also in london we have matthew goodwin he is an expert in european politics from the university of kent and chad ham house and in paris we cross to john laughlin he is director of studies at the institute of democracy and cooperation right gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate let me go to jan first in paris john can you give me your assessment of what happened on sunday because from an optical point of view it was an utter disaster what are the political consequences and does it start some kind of cascade effect for catalonia as the pe

are not really for catalonia they were let us go because the money is here. they are making people more pro independence with these games they are playing. in. the rain maybe putting off demonstrators from taking to the streets at least for now. and for madrid to have with me correspondent martin arabists martin how significant is it that madrid has decided to invoke article one fifty five it seems it's never been invoked in the country before. no indeed it hasn't says a country road to return to constitutional democracy. yet so this is uncharted territory and nobody knows exactly how it will work in practice or even if it is workable forcible because we can expect some oppositions as strong. as ever you are there is an institutional level. street protest so it's a very sick days so don't know what happens next the cabinet meeting is said to be headed at this weekend on saturday that's correct it's being reshaped it will pretty unusual projects because prime minister maliki under a hole in what we're tending to. this is expected seats on the agenda that happe

what about the arguments, the claims made in catalonia, the catalonia has spent more than it receives from the rest of the country, and so -- first of all, what do you make of this claim? the resolution of this crisis a possibility for more of a fiscal economy for catalonia? i have ar morenes: larger understanding of that. probably the most challenging lytic goal -- toitical project there is country --6, this but today, is to build the european union. on solidarity. and the european union is built in a way in which everything has to go in a balanced way. and this is probably the most generous and intelligent political project, and that is why it is very difficult. that is why it is very difficult of solidarityck is damaging the consistency of the political project. sprain -- develop spain the rich parts of sustaining, helping the poorer parts of spain, exactly the same as with the very democratic and balanced taxes them where the richest pay more than the poorest -- tax system where the richest pay more than the poorest. therek that the figures can be studied, and the claim that it is

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catalonia as one of the. most admired will region for the entire world and thus the very fundamental and the very foundations of that region are being brought something that. also it is the federal budget that has been supporting that region more than any else and. almost up to twenty percent of that budget has gone into establishing hotels fermenting infrastructure and those are. facts and data that is very very impressive international travel. have travel and yet tourists have also issued and decided not to go to the region given these kinds of events and the chaos that has been taking place. we should not feel ourselves we should see that these are very very grave consequences of these events and other grave consequences will follow if we do not return to the rule of law and if catalonia does not return to the rule of law and to the galaxy and lawfulness it should happen. as soon as possible otherwise social deterioration economic deterioration will continue the authorities of the autonomy region have to p

of investment to catalonia but by 2015 that had dropped to 9.5%. so if catalonia does actually leave spain it would have a huge impact on one of europe's biggest economies which is currently on track to grow by 3.1% this year. recovering from the recession and the financial crisis. with me is dr pablo calderon martinez, lecturer in spanish politics aston university what happens next? it is a bit of a mess. it is indeed. i suppose the cattle and government is going to declare independence soon and we will have to see how the spanish government reacts. i do not think they will take it very well but i think negotiation is the only answer. if you are independent are suppose you raise taxes but what is the first thing you do? the proof of it? first of all you have to seek — this is a big issue— seek recognition from other countries. they will struggle to that, certainly in europe and internationally as well. the european union has been very much offering support for the spanish government but obviously condemning the violence but i think they would

sarah: catalonia has no support for independence within the eu, but in practical terms is f catalonia secedes from spain, what is going to happen? bernd: nothing. the eu diplomats tell us that they will ignore any move of catalonia to become independent. there will be no border, there will be no tariffs, passport controls, things like that. every decision the catalan government, which will no longer be in office now legally, would be ignored. so nothing would change actually on the ground from the viewpoint of the european union. we do not know here. i spoke with the catalan foreign minister and he said he would stay in his office and wait for the police to remove him from there. he is prepared to be arrested, so it is clear the catalans want some kind of martyr image like that but the eu says , nothing will happen as far as we're concerned. sarah: the eu taking a hands off approach, but could the eu have done more to broker a dialogue between catalonia and madrid to avoid some of the tensions we are seeing now? bernd: the eu was reluctant to get involved in this spanish argument betw

i'm phil gale welcome to the program the spanish government has given catalonia until monday to state an ambiguous lake where the. it has declared independence from the rest of spain prime minister mariano rajoy told of the country's parliament that madrid could impose direct rule over catalonia if the region broke away it was sharply critical of the recent catalan independence referendum describing it as illegal and undemocratic mr rouhani also rejected offers an international mediation here's part of his fate in which the prime minister discusses catalans regional president. in his man hands he has a possibility to return to the rule of law to legality and institutional normality as everybody wishes or to continue this period of confusion and upheaval that is affecting catalonia in the rest of the country you know this and the response of the government will depend on his steps. let's get more from correspondents all over salads and martin robertson paslode madrid martin roberts in the madrid will start with here now there is an ultimatum which looks like a significant escalation fr

spain wide as well as in catalonia. and i think ironically now, what you have is more than 1000 companies moving their headquarters out of catalonia to other regions, and that means that tax receipts to the region will decline, and the key plank for the catalonian separatist movement was we are wealthy enough to go on our own, it has been weak and severely because businesses are decamping. that's the real question going on, no one will recognise catalonia. they don't seem to have a plan, no one have spoken about a currency to catalonia, so i think whatever happens on december 21, whoever wins, i think instability will remain and that will be a damper on the economy. i think you made a good point because it's true that more than 1000 companies moved their headquarters from catalonia to other places in spain. and of course, the economic consequences on catalonia are going to be consequences for the whole of spain. thank you very much for reminding that no, the vast majority of the catalonian people support independence. b

germany and france put pressure on catalonia to abandon the separation plans three more catalonia-based businesses have said they are moving their headquarters away from the region. property group imboilia, telecoms company cellnex and abertis have relocated headquarters this comes after several other businesses said they would leav catalonia willem has the latest from catalonia this is a super charged day. >> it is there's 135 deputies inside the catalan parliament, that's where carles puigdemont, the catalan president, will address them later on today we are joined by one of them this morning she's a member of the socialist party in catalonia you will be traveling to the parliament in the next 30 minutes or so in a bus with colleagues because you can't go in ordinarily because of the security. this is a pretty extraordinary day for you. >> of course it's not easy for us to deal with that issue, because we are not used to that normally we go by our car, and now the security is -- well, it's very difficult day for us what should we expect? what are you expecting as a member of your poli

there is a lot of uk investment in catalonia. it is about five and 50 million euros in the last three years, said the british investment is greeted —— created. it is a very industrial age, and the service industry... it's quite widespread. a lot of british tourists invest their money in catalonia, as well. so, it could be quite wide reaching, if we don't buy them stability. thank you. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, will use a speech today, to warn that what he calls, a ‘warped and degrading culture,‘ which tolerates the abuse of women, is thriving at westminster. downing street has described the allegations of sexual harassment in politics, as "deeply concerning". this morning, the environment secretary, michael gove, apologised, for making what he said, was a ‘clumsyjoke' about the disgraced hollywood producer, harvey weinstein, while being interviewed on radio 4's today programme. let's have a listen to what was said. sometimes i think that coming into this studio with you, john, is a bit like going into harvey wei

spain wide as well as in catalonia. and i think ironically now, what you have is more than 1000 companies moving their headquarters out of catalonia to other regions, and that means that tax receipts to the region will decline, and the key plank for the catalonian separatist movement was we are wealthy enough to go on our own, it has been weak and severely because businesses are the camping. that's the real question going on, no one will recognise catalonia —— camping elsewhere. they don't seem to have a plan, no one have spoken about a currency plan, no one have spoken about a currency to catalonia, so i think whatever happens on december 21, whoever wins, i think instability will remain and that will be a damperon the will remain and that will be a damper on the economy. will remain and that will be a damper on the economyli will remain and that will be a damper on the economy. i think you made a good point because it's true that more than 1000 companies moved their headquarters from catalonia to other places in s

catalonia does this continue no. in europe if you think you're going to have problem yes you know political parties are great political alignments the great. thing about this confrontation between the spanish and governments is these are both very weak governments very weak leaders. gone through really terrible corruption scandals and the politicians are discredited and they're using both sides as a means of shoring up their support finding a negotiated solution well the most difficult i would ask all three of you if i could longer term or how does this impact the european union regardless of how it turns out whether they can actually sit down and negotiate or we see police and the rest move in so what is the long term impact on the european union so you know let me start with you on that. i just think that your opinion and the impacts could just be if this gets somehow. finished even if it's in a bad situation but somehow finished but if it's being present and we keep having all this international media attention it

the day business of catalonia might turn violent. last night you said on newsnight you would not be surprised if carles puigdemont was sent to jail. before you send someone to jail you have to try them. and if that happens, that will take some time. so that's nothing immediate. these elections that mr rajoy said would be held on december 23. if the majority of those elections are for independence for catalonia we are in the same situations again and then what happens to the constitution? no, it's not the same, today it is difficult for mr rajoy to talk to the carles puigdemont government. when the carles puigdemont government comes out of elections that have not done anything illegal then they can talk. thank you forjoining us. obviously, this is a huge test for spain. catalu nya makes up i6% of the spanish population and nearly a fifth of its economy. but its also a headache for the whole of europe. so far the uk, france, germany and the us have lined up with madrid, the scottish government alone has said that the catalans must be f

the catalonia president moment away from perhaps the clearing catalonia's independence from spain and we will bring you the latest. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ from what it -- moments away from what maybe the most what moment in europe. catalonia's president set to speak, will they declare independence from spain and what will the reaction be? it is catalonia's moment of truth. >> it is, it has been a dramatic few days. in spain. today, it will reach a head for now. we do not know what will happen. the feeling is that there will be a formal word in the president's speech that refers to catalonian independence, how will it be framed, how it will be head, how direct with the declaration be? hanging over this is the potential that we could get more drama with some people saying he could be arrested soon after his speech. high drama awaits us. mark: if he does not use the words unilateral, what does that do to his core supporters? does he alienate his core supporters who want to go the whole way? >> absolutely. that is a big risk for carles puigdemont, his coalition is incredible fragile.

with the leader of catalonia bent on independent spain appears to be sliding into constitutional chaos with all the uncertainty that entails we find out what the costs might be and what the separatists are hoping for when i'm christopher spring eight this is the day. mr puts demands message is a journey to nowhere because there is no democracy outside the law there is no coup existence there are no rights outside the law for a long time is to put them on has been living outside the law outside reality and outside sanity whatever i feel like oh yeah deserves the independence we're in we have a different culture we have a different language and i support it but it's a scary situation we don't know what the spanish government is capable of and we well you've seen october the first how that went to him that we got here that by his apartment in the middle of the territory breaks away it would immediately be outside european union treaties with this feeling he may have anyway don't run at all it's been a little let's market with this ball of in the middle east and europe so most wealthy in t

this is due to the news line from berlin catalonia is parliament of the clears independence from spain thousands of separate the supporters cheered at the vote and barcelona the motion passed despite the opposition wanting out on out the spanish senate has voted to rescind catalonia scoured and take control of the best if we just were in barcelona and madrid. thanks for your company we start with some breaking news from spain the senate in madrid has approved government proposals to take control of catalonia just after catalonia is regional parliament voted in favor of declaring independence from spain in an unprecedented move the senate in madrid voted overwhelmingly in favor of spanish prime minister marianna roy's request to trigger the infamous article one hundred fifty five of the spanish constitution that allows the central government to remove cattle and regional leaders from office starting with president carlos put human shortly before seventy out of one hundred thirty five cattle and lawmakers approved a motion to declare catalonia and in the pennant republic opposition lawma