Spanish court suspends Catalan parliament session throwing independence call in doubt
Carles Puigdemont
Spanish Prime Mariano Rajoy called on Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to drop independence plans or risk âgreater evilsâ.
 Puigdemont  said  in response to a question from the German Bild daily   he  was not afraid of being arrested.
Neither the Spanish government nor the judiciary has threatened to arrest  Puigdemont   though Madrid accuses him of breaking the law by ignoring a Constitutional Court ruling forbidding the referendum.
On Wednesday  in a televised address   Puigdemont  renewed  his  call for mediation in the dispute but said the results of the referendum would have to be applied.
âWe will go as far as people want it. But without the use of force â  Puigdemont  told Bild. âI am sure that Spain will not be able to ignore the will of so many people.â
Spanish Prime Mariano Rajoy called on  [TGT]  to drop independence plans or risk âgreater evilsâ.
  [TGT] said  in response to a question from the German Bild daily   he  was not afraid of being arrested.
Neither the Spanish government nor the judiciary has threatened to arrest  Puigdemont   though Madrid accuses him of breaking the law by ignoring a Constitutional Court ruling forbidding the referendum.
On Wednesday  in a televised address   Puigdemont  renewed  his  call for mediation in the dispute but said the results of the referendum would have to be applied.
âWe will go as far as people want it. But without the use of force â   [TGT] told Bild. âI am sure that Spain will not be able to ignore the will of so many people.â