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Lavrov and Kerry talked about need to respect outcome of Crimea referendum

VIDEO: Crimean Tatar Leader Calls For Referendum Boycott

The leader of Crimea’s Tatar minority held a press conference to call for a boycott of a referendum planned by the region’s recently installed pro-Russian leadership to decide whether Crimea should join the Russian Federation.

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VIDEO: Suiza vota a favor de limitar la entrada de trabajadores de la UE

Suiza abre una nueva etapa en sus relaciones con la Unión Europea. El 50,4% de los helvéticos y la mayoría de los cantones ha votado a favor en un referéndum sobre la limitación de la entrada de trabajadores que afecta principalmente a los comunitarios. La tasa de participación ha sido elevada, un 56% frente al 44% habitual. Estas restricciones al acceso al mercado laboral se harán a través del establecimiento de cuotas anuales que deberán aplicarse en los tres próximos años. La propuesta además restablece el principio de preferencia del trabajador nacional frente al extranjero La propuesta de la consulta popular ha sido realizada por la derechista Unión Democrática de Centro bajo el lema “Contra la migración en masa”.

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Madrid seeks talks with Catalonia to avoid independence referendum

Published time: September 15, 2013 14:27

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.(Reuters / Sergio Perez)

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has proposed talks with the Catalan regional government in an effort to avert a referendum on Barcelona’s independence from Madrid.

Rajoy on Saturday sent a letter to the leader of the Catalan regional government, Artur Mas, proposing the talks, just three days after crowds of 1.6 million people flooded the region’s streets, waving red, yellow and blue flags Catalan flags and calling for independence. Activists calling themselves The Catalan Way linked hands, forming a human chain that stretched for more than 400 kilometers along Catalonia’s Mediterranean coast, uniting 86 towns and villages.

In his letter, PM Rajoy said he was “convinced of the exceptional relevance of Catalonia for Spain and of the richness, plurality and singularity of Catalan society,” but added that “ties cannot be broken without huge … economic, political and social costs.” He added, “We need to work together to strengthen these ties and move away from confrontation.”

A referendum would be a “unilateral declaration of independence that would have serious consequences for Spain and also for Catalonia,” Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo warned earlier this month, adding that Catalonia would have to “bid farewell to the European Union” if it went ahead with the independence vote. 

The region of 7.5 million people, which has been comparatively less hard hit by Europe’s recession than some other parts of Spain, has increasingly swung toward the idea of independence from Madrid. The threat of a referendum comes as Rajoy and his center-right ruling party are embroiled in a corruption scandal, while the country faces a deep recession.

Earlier this week, Mas said that a new, more favorable tax regime would be welcome in Catalonia, but only to pave the way for an independence referendum. Many Catalans complain that their region pumps too much money into the central government’s coffers, with little sent back in return. Catalonia pays at least $ 15 billion more in tax revenues than it receives back in social spending or investments in infrastructure.

Catalonia, unlike the Basque region with its similar desire for secession, is Spain’s most economically powerful region – but having requested €9 billion ($ 12 billion) in bailout funds from the central government – on top of the €5 billion ($ 6.3 billion) it already owes, it is also the most indebted, due to the economic crisis strangling the nation.

Rajoy and Mas had a closed-door meeting in August in a bid to end a year-long standoff over the independence referendum, and to discuss greater tax powers for Catalonia, Reuters reported. That meeting failed to produce a positive result, however, and the two sides continue to have major disagreements on a range of issues.

“The breakdown in relations with Spain has become so serious that the only solution is a referendum,” Mas said earlier Wednesday.

Rajoy has not said what new proposals he has for the Catalans, but he has threatened to block Barcelona’s attempts at secession in court, calling it unconstitutional. 

In response to Rajoy’s threat of legal action, Mas said he would call an early election and use it as a platform to campaign for the region’s secession. According to recent polls, about one half of Catalan voters would favor independence independence.

The warning by Mas comes as his conservative Convergence and Union party joins forces with its rival, Oriol Junqueras of the Republican Left of Catalonia. The two are set to jointly push for regional independence.
“We aim to put the future of Catalonia in the hands of the citizens of Catalonia, and to do that we want to consult them democratically,” said Junqueras.

Wednesday’s ‘human chain’ event, which took place on Catalonia’s national day, the Diada, included the President of the Catalan National Assembly, Carme Forcadel, who organized the event. “We need to put an end to the cultural and economic suffocation we are suffering from,” she shouted to a crowd in downtown Barcelona. “We have come out in our hundreds of thousands into the street to show in a democratic and inclusive way that we are capable of achieving any aim we set for ourselves,” she added.

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Madrid seeks talks with Catalonia to avoid independence referendum

Turkish gov"t open to referendum to end protests

A masked protester is backdropped by a Turkish flag near a barricade on the edge of Gezi Park, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, June 12, 2013. Riot police fired tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets in day-long clashes that lasted into the early hours Wednesday, battling protesters who have been occupying Istanbul’s central Taksim Square and its adjacent Gezi Park in the country’s most severe anti-government protests in decades.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

A masked protester is backdropped by a Turkish flag near a barricade on the edge of Gezi Park, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, June 12, 2013. Riot police fired tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets in day-long clashes that lasted into the early hours Wednesday, battling protesters who have been occupying Istanbul’s central Taksim Square and its adjacent Gezi Park in the country’s most severe anti-government protests in decades.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

A man runs carrying fire extinguishers past a burning van during clashes at the Taksim Square in Istanbul Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Hundreds of police in riot gear forced through barricades in the square early Tuesday, pushing many of the protesters who had occupied the square for more than a week into a nearby park. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Police guard the monument of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of the modern Turkey, at the Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, early Wednesday, June 12, 2013. Riot police fired tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets in day-long clashes that lasted into the early hours Wednesday, battling protesters who have been occupying the square and its adjacent Gezi Park in the country’s most severe anti-government protests in decades. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

A protester records a video with his cellphone in front of a burning barricade during clashes in Taksim square in Istanbul, Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Hundreds of riot police overran improvised barricades at Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Tuesday, firing tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons in running battles with protesters who have been occupying the area for more than a week. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)

Ambulances stand by to evacuate injured protesters after riot police flooded the Gazi Park with tear gas during clashes at the Taksim Square in Istanbul Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Hundreds of police in riot gear forced through barricades in the square early Tuesday, pushing many of the protesters who had occupied the square for more than a week into a nearby park. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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