Rupel proposes EU troika in wake of Catalonia referendum

Barcelona/Ljubljana, 2 October - Dimitrij Rupel, Slovenia's long-serving foreign minister who led a group of international observers in Sunday's independence referendum in Catalonia, has called for a more decisive response by the EU to the police violence marring the vote. He suggested forming an EU troika to intervene between Barcelona and Madrid.

Ljubljana.
Former Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel headed an international team observing the Catalonia referendum.
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