SPAIN-CATALONIA-POLITICS-VOTE

European Green MP and member of the "Artisans de la paix" (peacemakers) movement French Jose Bove smokes a pipe on December 19, 2017 in front of the Estremera prison in Madrid where Catalan political prisoners are jailed. - A delegation of seven MPs from different political groups tied to visit the prisons where Catalan political prisoners are being held. Catalan voters will decide on December 21 whether to return the separatists to power or to bring in a pro-unity government, as their region's independence crisis nears its moment of truth. (Photo by PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU / AFP) (Photo credit should read PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU/AFP via Getty Images)