Pro-independence Catalan party calls for 'mass civil disobedience'

A far-left pro-independence party in Catalonia is calling for "mass civil disobedience" in the region.

Pro-independence Catalan party calls for 'mass civil disobedience'

A far-left pro-independence party in Catalonia is calling for "mass civil disobedience" in the region.

It follows the Spanish government's unprecedented move to trigger a section of the constitution allowing the central government to intervene in the running of the region.

In an announcement today, the CUP, a key ally in the regional parliament to the minority ruling separatist coalition, described the move by Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy as "the greatest aggression against the civil, individual and collective rights of the Catalan people" since the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, who died in 1975.

The party said the move will be met by civil disobedience as a form of non-violent resistance.

It said it would elaborate on what form of action this would take later in the week.

AP

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