17-Jan-19 TV News in 100 Seconds: ‘Catalonia and Spain study new spaces for dialogue’
Catalan and Spanish governments consider opening new spaces for dialogue—for instance, a commission with political parties to tackle the independence issue. Senior ministers met today in a new effort to reduce tensions. But the arrests of two mayors, some activists and a journalist yesterday hasn't helped matters. Meanwhile, Yanis Varoufakis, Greece's former finance minister, is leading the DIEM25 political movement with the aim of reforming the European Union. And this is what he had to say about Catalonia and how Spain and the EU are handling the political crisis. / ACN