Catalan secessionist parties fail to agree on unity ticket for December vote

Reuters reported the latest update on the ongoing Spanish political drama, citing that, “Catalan secessionist parties on Tuesday failed to agree on a united ticket to contest a December snap regional election, making it more difficult to rule the region after the vote and press ahead with their collective bid to split from Spain.”

Catalan political parties had until midnight on Tuesday to register coalitions ahead of the Dec. 21 vote, but the two main forces which formed an alliance to rule the region for the last two years did not manage to agree on a new pact in time, Reuters added.