By Joan Faus
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Catalonia’s separatist parties on Tuesday failed to agree on forming a coalition government in the northeastern Spanish region, raising the prospect of a snap election if no candidate manages to convince a parliamentary majority in two months.
The leader from leftist Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya Pere Aragones did not get the support from rival centre-right separatist Junts in parliament, leaving him short of votes to be the new regional head.
(Reporting by Joan Faus, editing by Inti Landauro, Ingrid Melander)
