Spain to appeal latest Catalan independence motion

The Spanish government will appeal a motion by Catalonia to continue with its independence drive, the government spokeswoman Isabel Celaa said on Friday.

Celaa made the disclosure few days before Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez meets the Catalan head Quim Torra.

“The government will challenge before the Constitutional Court the motion approved on Thursday by the Catalan Parliament,” Celaa said.

Catalonia’s secessionist drive is one of the thorniest issues facing Sanchez after he toppled centre-right premier Mariano Rajoy on June 1 in a vote of no confidence.