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An overwhelming majority wants to settle the issue in a binding legal referendum.
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Spain's government on Thursday set in motion plans to take away Catalonia's local powers after its defiant regional president refused to give up his demands for Catalan independence.
The constitutional law that Spain plans to invoke has never been used in the four decades since democracy was restored after Gen. Francisco Franco's dictatorship.
Catalan President Carles Puigdemont sent a letter to Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy just minutes before a deadline set by the central government for him to backtrack on his calls for secession. Puigdemont threatened to go ahead with a unilateral proclamation of independence if the government refuses to negotiate.
Spain responded by calling a special Cabinet session for Saturday in which it plans to begin activating Article 155 of Spain's 1978 Constitution, which allows central authorities to take over all or some of the powers of any of Spain's 17 autonomous regions, including Catalonia.
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