Catalunia
The two main Catalan secessionist parties yesterday voted against each other in the regional parliament for the first time in three years, a sign that tensions over which strategy to adopt towards Spain’s central government are becoming more serious.
Quim Torra, the Catalan regional head of the Junts per Catalunya party last week threatened to withdraw parliamentary support for Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in the national parliament, but coalition ally the ERC did not back the move.
ERC leader Oriol Junqueras, who is currently in jail said establishing a good relationship with the Spanish state and finding “dialogue and agreements” was the best way to resolve the secession crisis.
While the two parties had so far managed to resolve their tensions internally, they openly split on yesterday when the ERC teamed up with the socialist’s to defeat a proposal for exiled and jailed representatives to vote in the regional parliament.
Junqueras on Twitter urged the two parties to stick together while Junts per Catalunia said it would hold an extraordinary meeting on Friday to review its strategy.
Weather.
AS the Costa del Sol was being battered by heavy rain yesterday Granada saw the first snow of the season in the Sierra Nevada
The worst of the weather resulted in flooding around the town of San Pedro de Alcantara near Marbella with roads under fast flowing torrents of water.
The Andalucia emergency control center responded to more than 50 weather-related incidents in Malaga province, the majority relating to flooded premises.
Crash
FIVE people were injured and taken to hospital after a two-vehicle collision on the AP-7 yesterday afternoon.
The accident happened on the stretch of motorway near Benalmadena.
Earthquake
AN EARTHQUAKE reaching 4 on the Richter scale shook the Granada-province yesterday morningsparking dozens of calls to the emergency services.
Nobody was hurt and no damage has been reported .. According to the National Geographical Institute the quake was 12 kilometres underground.
Ambassador
The British Ambassador Simon Manley claims the government is working “day in, day out” to reach a Brexit deal to suit British travellers.
Mr Manley spoke at the Abta Travel Convention yesterday to address expat questions and concerns on the state of Brexit negotiations, especially regarding the travel industry.
He said “We want people to be able to move freely across Europe and that your industry continues to flourish as we leave the European Union.”
On a more cautionary note, Mr Manley said “We are also having to prepare for the worst.”
