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Catalan lawmakers approve secession plan

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The Parliament of Catalonia launched a plan Nov. 9 to set up a road map for independence from Spain by 2017, though it is expected to be found illegal.

Pro-secession parties hold a majority of seats in the Parliament in Barcelona following September elections, and are enacting a pro-secession agenda.

The proposal lays out a plan to write a new Catalan constitution that would be voted on in a referendum in 2017.

Spain's Constitutional Court is expected to quickly rule that the proposal is illegal. (AP)

カタルーニャ州議会、独立手続き開始を決議

スペイン・カタルーニャ自治州の州議会は11月9日、スペインからの分離独立手続きを始める決議案を賛成多数で可決した。憲法裁判所は違憲と判断するとみられる。

The Japan Times ST: November 20, 2015