The outcome is set to test the strength of the separatist movement and the popularity of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
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00:00 Catalonia is holding a crucial regional election on Sunday, the outcome of which will reverberate
00:08 in Spain's national politics.
00:10 More than 5.7 million voters are eligible to take part in a ballot that will test the
00:15 strength of the separatist movement and the policies of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
00:21 Voters will choose lawmakers for the regional parliament based in Barcelona.
00:26 Democrats have held the regional government for more than a decade but recent polling
00:30 has shown that support for the separatist movement has shrunk.
00:34 Its lack of popularity could be due to the former regional president, Carles Puigdemont,
00:39 who led a futile breakaway campaign in 2017.
00:43 Puigdemont is a fugitive in France since he fled the country but is running in this election
00:48 from southern France.
00:50 He is currently under investigation from terrorism but is hoping to be granted amnesty under
00:55 Prime Minister Sanchez's new policies.
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