Spain heads into an uncertain weekend with police expected to start sealing off schools and other buildings that could be used as polling stations for Catalonia's independence referendum set for Sunday.
Passions are high and some parents plan to hold sleep-ins at their children’s schools to prevent them from being sealed. It is furthermore unclear whether Catalan or state police will take on the task, given that many Catalan officers will be ambivalent about carrying out orders.
Madrid is convinced it has done enough to undermine the vote to such an extent the outcome won’t be valid, and it is not clear that Catalan leaders will now unilaterally declare independence as once expected. But this whole saga could have lasting after-effects for Spain’s body politic whichever way it goes.
Passions are high and some parents plan to hold sleep-ins at their children’s schools to prevent them from being sealed. It is furthermore unclear whether Catalan or state police will take on the task, given that many Catalan officers will be ambivalent about carrying out orders.
Madrid is convinced it has done enough to undermine the vote to such an extent the outcome won’t be valid, and it is not clear that Catalan leaders will now unilaterally declare independence as once expected. But this whole saga could have lasting after-effects for Spain’s body politic whichever way it goes.
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