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Big week in Spain this week: started Sunday with mass proSpanish unity, antiCatalan independence demonstration centred around towering Spanish flag in centre in Madrid 1
Tomorrow, 12 Catalan separatist leaders of the 2017 independence bid go on hugely publicised trial in Madrid .. Outside meanwhile, the courts of Spanish public opinion on the one hand and of international opinion on the other will be hard to ignore entirely 2
Spanish gov could wobble this week too. If the budget doesn’t pass in Parliament, PM Sanchez could lose his job. He’s under attack from opponents for agreeing to a Catalan demand to appoint a facilitator in talks between pro Catalan independence and proSpanish unity parties 3
