Catalonia's President, Artur Mas, has written to EU leaders and world powers seeking their support for a vote on independence from Spain.
The appeal comes amid strong resistance to his plan to hold a referendum in November.
Spain's governing centre-right Partido Popular and the opposition PSOE have both said it would breach the Spanish constitution.
When Mas told media last month that separatist parties had agreed on the referendum questions and on its "consultative" rathe...
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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.