30 Oct 2017

Scores of Spain loyalists take to Barcelona streets

From Morning Report, 8:36 am on 30 October 2017

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Barcelona in a rally for Spanish unity amid mounting tensions after Catalonia was stripped of its autonomy for declaring independence. Many of those protesting in the region's largest city chanted that sacked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont should be jailed. Mr Puigdemont was dismissed as Spain's central government took control of Catalan institutions. On Sunday, a minister in Belgium said he could get political asylum there. New York Times reporter in Barcelona Raphael Minder joins us with his analysis.