Catalan president could declare independence today

A crucial event may happen today in the Catalan Parliament. The Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, will make a statement this afternoon at 6pm and independence could be declared. The Catalan president is supposed to explain how he plans to implement the results of the referendum. He has already said that the vote was binding, and 90% of the voters went for independence.

Exactly what he will say is not entirely clear. One possibility is that the Catalan president prepares a declaration of independence, but keeps the door open to mediation, as he suggested in recent days.