Jordi Ballart,who quit as mayor of Terrassa final month, says he was labelled a quisling and coward for not backing independenceThe former mayor of a Catalan city who was labelled a quisling for his stance on the independence referendum has said society is deeply divided as the region prepares for a moment vote in three months.
If the political and economic consequences of the Catalonia crisis are easy to quantify – a deposed regional government, and a former president in self-imposed Belgian exile,a former vice-president in a prison cell, more than 2500 companies moving their headquarters out of the region and tourism down nearly 5% – its social impact is harder to gauge.
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Source: guardian.co.uk