23 September 2014
The leader of Spain's socialist opposition PSOE party Pedro Sánchez. Photo: Vincenzo Pinto
<p>Spain needs to find a constitutional solution to the "serious problem" of Catalonia, the leader of Spain's major opposition party said on Monday, calling on the government to participate in a major revamp of the 1978 document. The issue of possible independence for Catalonia was the number one political problem facing Spain, the leader of the socialist party Pedro Sánchez said in an article published by centre-left daily El País.</p><p><br>Catalonia's planned November 9th vote on the issue of whether the region should split from Spain "changes the very idea of what Spain is," Sánchez wrote. Spain's Madrid-based central government has repeatedly said the controversial vote in the region with 7.5 million people is illegal.</p>
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