Catalonia
Catalan separatists win election and claim it as yes vote for breakaway
Spain set for political crisis as regional government election result spurs coalition on with plans for independence
Separatists took control of Catalonia’s regional government in an election result that could plunge Spain into one of its deepest political crises of recent years, by forcing Madrid to confront an openly secessionist government at the helm of one of its wealthiest regions.
Phones light up the crowd attending the last leg of the election campaign of the pro-independence bloc Junts pel Sí.Photograph: Alberto Estevez/EPA
