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Spain’s Catalonia halts independence vote campaign

By Washington Examiner
Published September 30, 2014 1:12pm ET
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Spain’s Catalonia halts independence vote campaign
Pro independence supporters gather outside the Generalitat Palace, the main head office of the Government of Catalonia, as Catalonia's regional president Artur Mas, signs the decree to call the referendum in Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. The president of Spain's powerful northeastern region of Catalonia on Saturday formally called an independence referendum Nov. 9, the latest secession push in Europe and one of the most serious challenges to the Spanish state of recent years. (AP Photo/Jordi Borras) | Jordi Borras

MADRID (AP) — The regional government of Catalonia says it will heed a decision by Spain’s top court suspending its plans to hold an independence referendum but vows to continue efforts to hold a vote.

Regional government spokesman Frances Homs said Tuesday the Catalan government would present arguments in defense of the Nov. 9 referendum and seek to have the suspension lifted.

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