Ex-mayor called traitor says Catalan referendum has ruptured society

Jordi Ballart, who quit as mayor of Terrassa last month, says he was labelled a quisling and coward for not backing independenceThe former mayor of a Catalan city who was labelled a quisling for his stance on the independence referendum has said society is deeply divided as the region prepares for a second vote in three months.If the political and economic consequences of the Catalonia crisis are easy to quantify – a deposed regional government, a former president in self-imposed Belgian e