In Spain, tens of thousands of people from Catalonia rallied today in Brussels, decrying what they see as the European Union's failure to help them following a failed independence referendum. <br/><br/>Police said around 45,000 people took to the streets of the Belgian capital for a rally that comes amid campaigning for a regional election in Catalonia on December 21. Spain says unilateral moves by Catalan officials to declare independence violate the Spanish constitution.<br/>'<br/>Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, among those up for re-election on Dec. 21, used the gathering as part of his political campaign.<br/>