A fresh election for the regional parliament of the economically powerful Spanish region of Catalonia is now to be held in the midst of the heated discussion about an amnesty for Catalan separatists. The head of the regional government, Pere Aragonès, scheduled the election for May 12 on Wednesday. In a televised speech, the politician from the separatist Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) cited the rejection of his draft budget by the parliament in Barcelona as the reason. The minority government’s spending bill, which was also supported by the opposition Socialists as the largest parliamenta…