Spanish Prime Minister Meets Catalan Independence Leader

MADRID, SPAIN - JULY 30: Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy comes out from Moncloa Palace to receive Catalonia's President Artur Mas on July 30, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. Catalonia's President and leader of the Catalan Convergence and Unity party (CiU) Artur Mas met Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to resolve a dispute over the plans to hold a secession referendum in Catalonia on November. The meeting took place just after the historical leader of Catalan nationalism, Jordi Pujol, who ruled Catalonia for 23 years, resigned to all privileges after committing tax fraud for decades. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)