Spanish PM vows to end Catalonia standoff and force region to obey law

Mariano Rajoy to hold emergency talks to decide exact nature of Spain's intervention in Catalonia as crisis reaches 'critical point' The Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, has vowed to return Catalonia to the rule of law as his government prepares to announce unprecedented measures to head off the independence crisis by imposing direct rule from Madrid. Speaking at the EU summit in Brussels on Friday, a day after he confirmed that article 155 of the Spanish constitution would be invoked to b...