Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez has called a cabinet meeting with a snap election after his budget was rejected in a 191-158 vote. The election will be held in April or May with Sancez’s Socialist Party leading in the polls after Catalan parties withdrew support.
Spain Preparing to Take Control Of Catalonia, It’s Police and Media
Spain’s central government in Madrid on Saturday put forward plans to trigger Article 155 for direct rule in the Catalan region in North Eastern Spain. The independance referendum was immediately dismissed by MAdrid nearly 3 week’s ago.