Pro-independence parties in Catalonia won an absolute majority in regional elections on Thursday in a blow to Mariano Rajoy, the Spanish prime minister, that threatens to escalate the already acute tensions between Barcelona and Madrid.
The three separatist parties together won 70 seats in the 135-seat assembly, less than they collectively won in the last election in 2015 but crucially just ahead of the 68-seat threshold required to form a government.
The separatists once again failed to win the majority of the popular vote and the largest single party was the anti-independence Ciudadanos party, leading many analysts to argue that there was no mandate for a renewed push for independence.
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