Spain Catalonia: Foreign minister denies 'coup' by Madrid

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The Spanish Foreign Minister, Alfonso Dastis, has denied that his administration's turn to reassert control over Catalonia adds up to an "overthrow".

The speaker of the Catalan parliament, Carme Forcadell, called measures reported by the administration on Saturday an "accepted overthrow".

"On the off chance that anybody has endeavored an upset, it is the Catalan provincial government, Mr Dastis told the BBC.

Madrid acted after territorial pioneers declined to stop an autonomy drive.

The Catalan government, drove by President Carles Puigdemont, focuses to the dominant part "Yes" vote in a choice on autonomy it hung on 1 October in the teeth of a Spanish court boycott.

Of the 43% of Catalans said to have participated, 90% voted for freedom, it said.

Unionist parties who won around 40% of the vote at the 2015 Catalan races boycotted the tally and numerous hostile to autonomy supporters remained away, contending it was not substantial.

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What is the Spanish government's position?

On Saturday, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy declared plans to sack Catalonia's provincial government and shorten a portion of the opportunities of its parliament.

Reports propose the focal experts will likewise try to take control of Catalonia's neighborhood police power and its open supporter, TV3.

"In the event that there is a rebellion, this is one trailed by Mr Puigdemont and his administration," Mr Dastis revealed to The Andrew Marr Show.

"What we are doing is following entirely the arrangement of our constitution," he stated, depicting it as a "duplicate of the German constitution".

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"On the off chance that you take a gander at whatever remains of vote based systems and positively accomplices in the European Union, they wouldn't acknowledge a choice all things considered to be taken by a piece of the nation."

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