CATALONIA
Espagne. La couronne prend fait et cause pour les autorités de Madrid
Barcelona, 24th / December. Demonstration in favor of the release of
the Catalan political prisoners, including the deputy president deposed,
Oriol Junqueras, held in Madrid. Josep Lago / AFP
Spain. The crown takes up the cause for the Madrid authorities
In an address to the Spaniards, King Felipe VI again defended the
central government of Mariano Rajoy, yet discredited in early Catalan
elections, for his management in the crisis with Barcelona.
