Catalan president to demand binding referendum from Spanish leader

Catalonia’s president will ask his Spanish counterpart to back a binding referendum on independence in the first official meeting between the two leaders, set for July 9. Quim Torra announced his intention to ask Pedro Sánchez to agree to a new vote on Wednesday, during an official trip to Washington, DC.

“Our starting point is the referendum on self-determination and the declaration of independence, and we want to advance towards a Catalan Republic, but faced with the possibility of finding a solution we have always preferred and to do things like Scotland or Quebec, for us it is obvious that it would be a very acceptable solution,” he said.