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Spain appeases Catalans with planned reform of sedition law

FILE - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez speaks at the Spanish parliament in Madrid, Spain, on July 25, 2019. Spain's coalition government has presented a proposal in Parliament to reform the centuries-old crime of sedition for one of public disorder, which would carry lower sentences. Sedition was one of the main charges against pro-independence Catalan activists and politicians that were jailed for their roles in a 2017 secession bid. The proposal comes as the government continues talks with the Catalan regional government to reduce tensions stemming from that period. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) FILE - Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, center, gives thumbs up as he walks with Catalonia's president Pere Aragones, left, and the Speaker of the Catalan Parliament Laura Borras, right in Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, on Sept. 25, 2021. Spain's coalition government has presented a proposal in Parliament to reform the centuries-old crime of sedition for one of public disorder, which would carry lower sentences. Sedition was one of the main charges against pro-independence Catalan activists and politicians that were jailed for their roles in a 2017 secession bid. The proposal comes as the government continues talks with the Catalan regional government to reduce tensions stemming from that period. (AP Photo/Francesca Salaris) FILE - Catalonia pro-Independence demonstrators hold photos of Prime Minister and Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez, as they wait for his arrival outside a campaigning meeting in Viladecans, near Barcelona, Spain, on Oct. 30, 2019. Spain's coalition government has presented a proposal in Parliament to reform the centuries-old crime of sedition for one of public disorder, which would carry lower sentences. Sedition was one of the main charges against pro-independence Catalan activists and politicians that were jailed for their roles in a 2017 secession bid. The proposal comes as the government continues talks with the Catalan regional government to reduce tensions stemming from that period.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)