Tension as crowd of protesters builds in Barcelona
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(21 Dec 2018) Crowds of demonstrators were gathering in Barcelona on Friday as Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Spanish Cabinet members arrived in the Catalan capital for a weekly Cabinet meeting, despite separatists' opposition to it. Police blocked off roads on Friday as protesters shouted at them, marching and holding banners with slogans reading "republic and freedom" and "self-determination and socialism." Sanchez's Socialist administration planned the meeting to convey an image of normalcy, but tension remains high in Catalonia despite progress in talks on Thursday with the pro-secession president of the northeastern region. The meeting normally takes place in Madrid, but Sanchez has vowed to take it to other Spanish cities as a gesture of commitment to decentralization. The regional Mossos d'Esquadra police force says that one protester has been arrested for public disorder near the headquarters of Spain's National Police in a downtown avenue. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/276a41fed9b928955e5a75787acdc681
