Pro-independence Catalans defy King Felipe VI's warning

Pro-independence catalan leaders are pressing ahead regardless of an emphatic warning from king felipe vi.
Catalan president carles puigdemont informed the bbc he could claim independence "at the cease of this week or the beginning of next".
The eu union stated it become "time to speak" to discover a option to the crisis in catalonia.
Fee vice-president frans timmermans said the spanish charter must be observed.
Mr timmermans, addressing the ecu parliament, defined the snap shots of violence from catalonia as "saddening", but emphasised the significance of upholding the guideline of law.
In his intervention, late on tuesday, king felipe branded sunday's referendum within the north-japanese spanish place illegal and undemocratic.
But correspondents say his failure to renowned the violent repression of the vote has fired up instead of deterred independence supporters.
Meanwhile, spain's excessive court has summoned the pinnacle of catalonia's regional police pressure to testify as a suspect in a investigation of alleged sedition - inciting rebellion in opposition to the kingdom.
Josep lluís trapero and 3 other people are expected to appear in court on friday in a flow probably to inflame sentiment further amid spain's inner most political crisis in many years, say correspondents.
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Following the bbc interview in which he said there might be a announcement of independence in the coming days, carles puigdemont stated he might make a statement at 21:00 (19:00 gmt) on wednesday.
Organizations within the catalan parliament have agreed that parliament have to meet in complete assembly on monday. Mr puigdemont may also use that occasion to make a unilateral announcement of independence.
When requested what he might do if the spanish government were to intrude and take manipulate of catalonia's government, mr puigdemont stated it would be "an errors which changes the whole thing".
Beneath article 155 of the spanish charter, the authorities in madrid is permitted to impose direct rule on autonomous regions.
Is there any talk going on at all?
Mr puigdemont says no longer, and spanish president mariano rajoy has stored silent since the scenes of police violence which followed sunday's vote.


Media captionthe bbc's tom burridge on how the crisis in spain is possibly to spread
The spanish authorities has vowed to face up to any statement of independence, with mr rajoy formerly saying the vote made a "mockery" of democracy.
Barcelona mayor ada colau has referred to as on each sides to talk. "neither a unilateral declaration of independence nor article a hundred and fifty five. More than ever we want dialogue and bridges," she tweeted.
The eu parliament changed into due to debate the disaster on wednesday afternoon, but any resolution surpassed could be non-binding.
Why is the king's intervention huge?


Media captionking felipe vi: "catalan society is fractured"
In his televised address, king felipe said the catalan leaders who organised the referendum confirmed their "disrespect to the powers of the country".
"they have broken the democratic principles of the rule of thumb of regulation," he stated.
But many catalans had been more involved about what the king did no longer say, reports the bbc's patrick jackson who watched the cope with in a bar in barcelona town centre.
"there have been no phrases about the scenes of police beating electorate on sunday, no pressing appeal for communicate between the spanish and catalan governments, no acknowledgment of the real starvation here for independence or at least a proper, felony referendum, now not even a phrase or two of catalan," he says.


Media captionclare and kike react to the spanish king's address
It become a ignored opportunity to push the 2 sides closer to dialogue, stated one customer within the bar.
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What about this sedition research?
News that the head of the neighborhood police force, the mossos d'esquadra, his deputy and  civic organisers are to be questioned as a part of the excessive court's sedition research will probable similarly aggravate the state of affairs.
On 20 september members of the countrywide safety forces had been trapped through an irritated crowd of seasoned-independence supporters at some stage in a raid on the local economy ministry, geared toward disrupting sunday's poll.
The mossos has been accused of failing to respond properly to their urgent requests for back-up.
What took place throughout sunday's vote?
Almost 900 humans have been hurt as police violently attempted to implement a spanish court docket order suspending the vote, which the authorities had declared illegal.


Media captionriot police had been seen using batons and kicking humans to block voting
A few law enforcement officials were visible firing rubber bullets, storming into polling stations and pulling ladies by way of their hair.
Thirty-three law enforcement officials had been additionally injured, nearby clinical officers stated.
Bowled over through what they'd visible, hundreds of thousands of catalans joined street protests on tuesday. A widespread strike turned into additionally known as in protest at "the grave violation of rights and freedoms" seen all through the ballot .
How convincing were the poll effects?
Extra than 2.2 million people voted on sunday, in keeping with the catalan authorities. Officials placed the vote in aid of independence at almost 90%, but professional outcomes have now not yet been launched.
There are numerous reports of gaping irregularities, in part attributed to a device which accepted electorate to solid their ballots everywhere in a bid to get across the police measures to forestall the vote. Spanish media carried reports of a few catalan areas counting far greater votes than citizens.
Catalan officials stated the turnout turned into forty two%, potentially weakening the placement of mr puigdemont.