In his year-end address, Catalonia's pro-independence president, Carles Puigdemont, signaled that there will be a "legal and binding referendum" in the region on whether to secede from Spain in 2017, despite fierce opposition from the central government. Puigdemont said that 2017 would be a "crucial" year for the Spanish northeastern region. Spain's Supreme Court has ruled future referenda on the issue illegal.
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