Catalan president calls for agreed referendum and 'an end to repression'
<p>Catalan president Pere Aragonès <a href="../../../../../politics/item/catalan-leaders-to-leave-prison-after-spanish-government-confirms-pardons" target="_blank">welcomed the pardons granted by the Spanish government</a> to nine jailed pro-independence leaders, but he believes more steps should be taken to solve the underlying political conflict. "It is time to put an end to repression, and for an agreed referendum with international support, as most Catalans want," he says.</p> / ACN