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The Catalan government has reached out to the EU to help mediate its split from Spain <\/strong>after Sunday\u2019s referendum, in which scores were injured in clashes with police as they tried to block the ballot, the Financial Times<\/a> says (paywall). An alleged 90% of 2.3 mn voters were in favor of an independent Catalonia, according to Catalan President Carles Puigdemont.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Catalan government has reached out to the EU to help mediate its split from Spain after Sunday\u2019s referendum, in which scores were injured in clashes with police as they tried to block the ballot, the Financial Times says (paywall). 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