“His comments come less than two weeks after leaders in Catalonia, a region in northeastern Spain that generates one-fifth of the nation’s economy, promised to hold a vote on November 9, 2014, on breaking away from Spain. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has vowed to block any attempt by Catalan leaders to hold the independence referendum, saying it would be unconstitutional.”
Source: Spain’s king urges for unity as Catalans hope to split | GulfNews.com