here is a man reading part of the homage to catalonia. catalonia is where?dam: the northeast corner of spain. the big city is barcelona. >> why the relevant -- why is that relevant? >> george orwell was fighting in catalonia and aragorn. catalonia, especially is a part of spain that, in recent years, they have a strong separatist movement. they speak in different languages. catalan. >> you can watch when they get to the picture of some of the fighters. >> you can watch when they get to the picture of some of the fighters. george orwell sticks out because of his height. >> something overwhelming. it was the first time that i had ever been to town. practically every building had been seized by the workers. drape with red flags. every wall was built with a hammer and sickle and the initials of the revolutionary party. every shop and cafe had an excursion saying -- and one called everyone else comrades. this is moving. there is much i do not understand. in some ways, i did not even like it. but i recognized it immediately as a state of affairs we were fighting f

be able to make any proposals for the situation in catalonia. i spoke to the different spanish political leaders and none of them gave me the impression that they wanted to move forward. >> we'll come back to the question of catalonia which has been a stumbling block in the coalition forming. but do you think acting prime minister should step down? should he let the people's party have a new leader? fresh perspective? >> translator: i'm not going to speak about what the popular party should or shouldn't do. in reality in this moment catalonia politics already take decisions in a sovereign way, independently from what happens in the central government or spanish parties. undoubtedly ra joy has been a problem but i don't see --. >>> the french government a no confidence vote. prime minister said there were no plans to scale back reforms which he says will improve the country's unemployment rates. as thousands of protesters demonstrated across france. police fired tear gas. another round of strikes next week. >>> still to come on "street signs." pl

here is a man reading part of the homage to catalonia. catalonia is where? adam: the northeast corner of spain. the big city is barcelona. hy is that relevant? adam: george orwell was fighting in catalonia and aragorn. catalonia, especially is a part f spain that, in recent years, they have a strong separatist movement. they speak in different languages. catalan. people who have lived and fought there get very attached to it, as george orwell was. brian: you can watch when they get to the picture of some of he fighters. george orwell sticks out because of his height. >> something overwhelming. it was the first time that i had ever been to town. practically every building had een seized by the workers. draped with red flags. or with the flag of the red and black anarchists. every wall was draped with a hammer and sickle and the initials of the revolutionary party. every shop and cafe -- had an endescription saying it had been collectivized. everyone called everyone else "comrades." all of this was queer and moving. there is much i do not understand. in some w

rejoin the european union because from the point of view of the spanish who have a , if thewith cataloniapanish except the principle that the scottish can leave the united kingdom and join the european union, there were eight would be the same as that would happen with catalonia. gentleman with the beard. i was wondering if you could comment on the impact that you see a possible brexit happening with intelligence sharing. mr. grayling: our key relationships in intelligence and security are with the united states. they are with countries like israel. saudi arabia. and countries in asia. yes, we work closely with them. it is certainly the case that we cooperate with other countries in europe but i would argue that -- theyecurity services are the best in the world. they are in a valuable -- source for other intelligence organizations. that relationship will continue because they need the expertise that we have to protect their citizens. around the world, our security relationships are all high lateral. there is no obvious reason why we cannot have bilateral relationships with the european un

from the point of view of the spanish, who have a problem with catalonia, which also wants independentm spain, if the spanish accept the principle that scotland and leave the united kingdom and join the european union, that would be the same as happening in catalonia. that i can't see happening. the gentleman in front. >> with the terrorist threats in europe at the moment, i was wondering if you could comment on the impact a possible brexit would have with uk/eu intelligence sharing. >> the point of uk/eu intelligence sharing is that our key relationships in intelligence security are with the united states, they're with countries like israel, countries like saudi arabia, countries in asia, and, yes, we work closely. and of course the five is that met here in washington recently. it's certainly the case that we corporate with other countries in europe. but i would argue that our security services and indeed those based in the city are the best in the world. they are an invaluable source of intelligence that allows other eu nations to protect their set citizens. and that sharing will con