Catalonia will Declare Independence from Spain "in a Matter of Days"

10:24     4 October, 2017

Catalonia will declare independence from Spain in a matter of days, the leader of the autonomous region said, BBC reports.

In his first interview since Sunday's referendum, Carles Puigdemont said his government would "act at the end of this week or the beginning of next".

Mr Puigdemont said there was currently no contact between the government in Madrid and his devolved administration.

He disagreed with the European Commission's statement that events in Catalonia were an internal issue for Spain.