The regional president of Catalonia was given power to call for an independence “consultation” after the Catalan parliament voted in favour of the new legislation on Friday, reports the BBC.
The Catalan president said that Scotland’s referendum had shown the way for Catalan independence, and pledged to hold a similar vote on November 9.
Adding that the outcome of Scotland’s independence vote was irrelevant, Artur Mas lauded the fact that an independence referendum was allowed to take place.
“This is a powerful and strong message that the UK is sending to the entire world – that if there is such a conflict elsewhere in the world you have the right way to try to resolve these differences,” he said.
The Spanish government has opposed the new Catalan legislation and is expected to consider the legislation in Spain’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday.
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