Arturo Mas

A court on Tuesday summoned Catalonia's president for questioning over an allegedly illegal 2014 ballot on independence from Spain, raising pressure on separatists after they won control of their regional parliament.

Spain will probably hold national elections on December 20, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said today, leaving him less than four months to persuade Spaniards an economic recovery is good enough to warrant giving him a second term in office.

A court on Tuesday summoned Catalonia's president for questioning over an allegedly illegal 2014 ballot on independence from Spain, raising pressure on separatists after they won control of their regional parliament.

Spain will probably hold national elections on December 20, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said today, leaving him less than four months to persuade Spaniards an economic recovery is good enough to warrant giving him a second term in office.