Vote Strengthens Catalonia's Hand in Talks for More Powers

Europe is not about to get a new nation after secessionists won a majority in the parliament of Spain's Catalonia region but the Madrid government may be forced into concessions on tax and infrastructure. Even before Sunday's election, a unilateral move by the Catalan separatists to declare independence had been widely ruled out by the Spanish government, European institutions and financial markets. It became an even more remote possibility when, although the secessionist...

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