Protesters Block Highways as Catalan Parliament Presses for Independence

Members of Catalan protest group Democratic Tsunami clash with French police officers at the AP-7 highway on the French side of the Spanish-French border Nov. 12, 2019. Rafael Marchante/Reuters

BARCELONA/LA JONQUERA, Spain—Catalonia’s Parliament pressed its case for secession from Spain on Nov. 12, two days after a national election, while separatist protesters blocked one of the region’s major highways and also disrupted traffic in the Basque Country.

Protesters blocked the AP-7 highway in both directions around the secessionist Catalan stronghold of Girona.