Protest at Plaza de Colón in Madrid draws 25,000 people, including leaders of three rightwing parties
About 25,000 people, including the leaders of the three parties on Spain’s right, have rallied in Madrid to protest against the government’s deeply divisive moves to pardon the 12 Catalan independence leaders convicted over their parts in the failed secession attempt almost four years ago.
The event on Sunday, held beneath the enormous Spanish flag in the capital’s Plaza de Colón, came almost two-and-a-half years after a similar demonstration against the Socialist government’s handling of the Catalan independence crisis.
