CUP seems to be angry at Puigdemont and are already calling him a "traitor". Early elections in Catalonia?
Honestly I think everyone and their mother knows that Madrid is not giving an inch here so 'hey lets talk with them' is not really a good thing for any Catalonian leader to be advocating for. Given the unrest in recent weeks, you either go full on and declare independence, or you dont. The half in, half out path we saw today does absolutely nothing.
I agree it was a ridiculous move on his part to cowardly back down from declaring independence. Madrid can never be trusted to negotiate in good faith after everything that's happened over the past few weeks, and Puigdemont won't win any support from the remainers from his little stunt today, and he lost a ton of support from the hardcore independence supporters.
