CATALONIA
" Parliament in Spain's restive Catalonia region has
approved an independence referendum on 1 October which Madrid has vowed
to outlaw.
Separatist parties which hold a slim majority backed the
referendum law and legal framework needed to set up an independent
state.
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has asked the constitutional court to nullify it.
He will hold an emergency cabinet meeting on Thursday and meet other party leaders. "
Catalan President Carles Puigdemont signed the bill into local law almost immediately
