“This is a clear victory that has one reading: It is time to turn the page, to write a new chapter, to reach out to one another and advance together,” Illa said after his victory.
Separatists grow majority in Catalonia despite Socialist win
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He said he has lost friends to COVID-19 and has experienced the social strains the secession debate has caused in Catalonia.
AP Interview: Salvador Illa, Catalonia's quiet gamechanger
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