Catalonia showdown could unleash new euro crisis: EU lawmaker

Weber told the German newspaper Bild the issue could lead to "European wildfire", adding: "A new euro crisis also cannot be excluded if the Catalonian regional government continues to escalate the conflict."

Weber called for urgent negotiations between the two sides.

Catalonia's head of foreign affairs said on Friday the region's parliament would meet on Monday to debate independence, in defiance of a ruling by the country's Constitutional Court.

(Reporting by Andrea Shalal; editing by Andrew Roche)