Crisis in Catalonia

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Spain is facing a constitutional crisis. The autonomous region of Catalonia is threatening to implement a declaration of independence following a referendum held there on 1 October 2017. Stephen Sackur is in Barcelona to chair a debate on Catalonian independence. In front of a local audience, he brings together distinguished political figures from across the debate to ask what the crisis means for Catalonia, Spain and the rest of the European Union. This programme was recorded on 25 October, 2017.