Catalan leader: Madrid’s steps toward direct rule are 'worst attacks' since Franco’s dictatorship

Published time: 21 Oct, 2017 19:05 Edited time: 21 Oct, 2017 19:14 Catalan President Carles Puigemont has slammed Madrid’s decision to impose direct rule on Barcelona and dissolve the regional parliament as the “worst attack” on Catalonia since the dictatorship of General Franco. Demo in Barcelona following govt’s decision to impose direct rule on Catalonia […]