Catalonia: threat to impose massive fines on ex-minister prompts outcry

Catalan flags at a rally in Barcelona in 2017. Officials are accused by a tribunal of illegally using €4.8m of public money to further the cause of independence. Photograph: Francisco Seco/AP

Catalan flags at a rally in Barcelona in 2017. Officials are accused by a tribunal of illegally using €4.8m of public money to further the cause of independence. Photograph: Francisco Seco/AP

source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/28/catalonia-threat-impose-massive-fines-ex-minister-prompt-outcry