Snap elections in Spain are inevitable. The Parliament has not adopted a draft budget yet. The document was not supported by the Catalan lawmakers.
Two small Catalan pro-independence parties, on whose votes the government has been relying to pass legislation, have so far maintained their blanket rejection of the budget.
They said they were open to negotiate until the budget vote if the government promised them a dialogue on the right to self-determination, but that right is prohibited by the Spanish constitution.