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Article snippet: (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: • In Catalonia, campaigning ends today ahead of a referendum on independence scheduled for Sunday, despite the Spanish government’s aggressive efforts to stop the vote. Our correspondent reports that the chances of Catalonia leaving Spain soon remain remote, whatever happens on Sunday. Here is his analysis of what’s at stake, and his conversation with Carles Puigdemont, above, the region’s leader. The mayor of Barcelona, the Catalan capital, has called on the European Union to mediate in the political crisis. “If Europe wants to have credibility as a project, it needs to redirect this situation,” she said. Check nytimes.com through the weekend for our journalists’ latest reports from Spain. Our Interpreter columnists look at the dilemma many secessionist movements face: popular will versus international recognition. _____ • “Brexit,” revitalizing the E.U. and finding common ground on digital taxation are the key issues at today’s meeting of European leaders in Tallinn, Estonia. Theresa May, the British prime minister, intends to underscore her proposed “new security partnership” with Europe by visiting British troops stationed in Estonia. Her more conciliatory tone has helped advance “Brexit” talks, said Michel Barnier, Brussels’s negotiator. Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany endorsed French plans to bind the E.U. closer together. Those aspirations, however, co... Link to the full article to read more