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Mas: "This will not end in Spain. This will end up in Strasbourg - in the heart of Europe" (Photo: iSabadell)

Catalan separatists to bring cause to 'heart of Europe'

Former Catalan leader Artur Mas was banned on Monday (13 March) from holding public office for two years and fined €36,500 after the Supreme Court of Catalonia found him guilty of disobeying the Spanish Constitutional Court by holding a non-binding referendum on independence in Catalonia in 2014.

Two of his former ministers, Joana Ortega and Irene Rigau, were also found guilty and banned for 21 and 18 months, as well as fined €30,000 and €24,000, respectively.

The three separatist...

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Mas: "This will not end in Spain. This will end up in Strasbourg - in the heart of Europe" (Photo: iSabadell)

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