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Spain's government kicks off a crisis cabinet meeting as it prepares to seize powers from Catalonia's separatist government in a bid to stop the north eastern region's independence drive. The meeting, according to the prime minister's office, aims to decide on specific powers it wants to take away from the wealthy north eastern region, which currently enjoys wide autonomy including control over its own policing, education and healthcare. IMAGES
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez meets with Catalan President Pere Aragonès to restart negotiations between the state and the region. In October 2017, the Catalan regional government staged a referendum banned by Madrid then issued a short-lived declaration of independence, triggering Spain's worst political crisis in decades. IMAGES
Catalan separatists flood the streets of Barcelona in a test of their strength ahead of fresh negotiations with the Spanish government. The protest coincides with Catalonia's national day, or "Diada", which commemorates the 1714 fall of Barcelona in the War of the Spanish Succession and the region's subsequent loss of institutions. At its peak in 2014, the annual demonstration brought an estimated 1.8 million people onto the streets. IMAGES
Spain's government holds its first cabinet meeting in the Palace of Moncloa, Madrid. The new government is made up of younger people and more women. The reshuffle does not affect the alliance between Sánchez's Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and the radical left Podemos party, which retains its five ministries. IMAGES
Catalonia votes in an election overshadowed by the pandemic and which Madrid hopes will unseat the region's ruling separatists more than three years after a failed bid to break away from Spain. IMAGES
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