Independence in 9 months, urges far-left CUP

The Catalan far-left CUP party has urged the government to implement independence in the coming nine months.

"We hope that the government makes the Republic effective in the short term, in the coming nine months," said CUP MP Carles Riera, in an interview with El Periódico newspaper.

Riera also urged the executive to "end the dialogue with the Spanish government, because it has already said that it won't talk about self-determination."

According to the MP, Catalonia should resume the "unilateral" way. "Parliament needs to accept and act without limits on its sovereignty. If it gets into conflict with State institutions, what [Parliament] decides needs to prevail, even if the Spanish Constitutional Court vetoes it and considers it illegal."