Global Spain vs. Catalan separatists: The ultimate PR battle

alk to a Spanish official about Catalonia these days and it won’t be long before they mention democracy rankings.
It's become so commonplace that the Economist — whose Democracy Index ranks Spain among the world’s 20 “full democracies" and ahead of the U.S., France and Italy — has acquired a totemic aura ahead of the trial of Catalan independence leaders set to begin Tuesday.

Twelve former Catalan government officials, lawmakers and civic leaders will respond before Spain’s Supreme Court to charges related to the October 2017 referendum on secession and subsequent declaration of independence by the regional parliament.
Spain's Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, his ministers and the most senior judge in the country have..
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