Kaos i Catalonien
TOPSHOT – Spanish police push people with a shield outside a polling station in Barcelona, on October 1, 2017, on the day of a referendum on independence for Catalonia banned by Madrid. More than 5.3 million Catalans are called today to vote in a referendum on independence, surrounded by uncertainty over the intention of Spanish institutions to prevent this plebiscite banned by justice. / AFP PHOTO / PAU BARRENA
Trods sammenstød med politi og Civilgarden gennemførte Catalonien i går sin folkeafstemning om uafhængighed fra Spanien til trods for, at den spanske regering havde kendt valghandlingen ulovlig. Nu vil Cataloniens parlament formentlig erklære regionens uafhængighed i løbet af ugen.