<p>Thousands of people took part in a Spanish unity rally in Plaza de la Colon in Madrid on October 28.</p><p>Attending the rally were multiple members of the Madrid branch of the governing People’s Party, including the President of Madrid, Cristina Cifuentes, who shared a Facebook Live video from the scene.</p><p>The rally came in the wake of the Catalan Parliament’s vote on October 27 to declare independence from Spain, and the Spanish Senate’s invocation of Article 155 of the constitution.</p><p>Later that day, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced that he had dissolved the Catalan Parliament and that elections would be held in Catalonia on December 21. Credit: People’s Party Madrid via Storyful</p><br />
