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Spain's Rajoy says general election will be in December


    MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's general election will be held in December, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Thursday, but he did not give an exact date.

    "Once the budget is approved ... I will call elections. I can't tell you the exact date, but they will be in December," Rajoy said in a radio interview. Elections are due by year-end.

    Rajoy also ruled out Catalan independence, saying: "Catalan independence will never happen. It's nonsense."

    (Reporting by Sonya Dowsett and Inmaculada Sanz; editing by Adrian Croft)