Brussels, 06/01/2014 (Agence Europe) - Artur Mas, the president of the Spanish autonomous region of Catalonia, is seeking the support of European leaders for holding a referendum on the independence for Catalonia, which is planned for 9 November next. At the beginning of January, he sent a letter to the president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso and the heads of state and government of the 28 countries in the EU (as well as 45 non-EU countries) in this connection.
In his...