EU chief: No role for EU in Catalonia dispute
European Council President Donald Tusk is ruling out any European Union role in the dispute between Spain and Catalonia as Madrid weighs whether to reclaim some powers from the regional government amid an independence dispute.
Tusk told reporters Thursday on the sidelines of an EU summit that "there is no room, no space for any kind of mediation, or international initiatives or action."
Tusk said "there is no hiding that the situation in Spain is concerning." But he added that the Catalonia crisis was not on the summit agenda in Brussels. Spain is insisting that it not be discussed.
The Catalan government has sought EU mediation to help ease tensions, but Madrid considers Catalonia's independence moves illegal and refuses outside intervention.
