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Catalan mayor: Threats won't stop independence referendum

Spain's attorney-general has summoned mayors from across Catalonia for questioning, in a growing confrontation over plans for an independence referendum. But Jordi Sole, the mayor of Caldes de Montbui and a member of the European Parliament, tells Newshour's Tim Franks legal threats won't stop the vote.

(Photo: People waving a banner reading in Catalan "Independence now" during a pro-independence demonstration. Credit: AFP/Roser Vilallonga/Handout Assamblea Nacional Catalana)

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