Want Catalonia to secede from Spain?
October 1, the Catalan government intends to hold a referendum on secession of the region from Spain, which hoped for independence. However, how much the Catalans aspire to independent status?
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Spanish authorities have called the vote illegal, the Federal courts have issued orders banning the referendum. On the eve of the Spanish police arrested a number of senior Catalan officials and conducted searches in a number of regional offices.
In response, thousands of Catalans took to the streets to participate in protests.
What was the way of Catalonia for independence?
Catalan nationalism was heavily repressed by the authorities of Spain during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, however, these trends have increased dramatically after his death in 1975.
In 2006, the Spanish authorities and Catalonia signed a Treaty which provided the region with significant administrative and financial independence, but in 2010 Spain’s constitutional court cancelled some provisions of this document, triggering strong dissatisfaction of the Catalans.
In November 2014, the separatist mood of the government of Catalonia held a referendum, 80% of which voted for secession from Spain. These results, however, were not recognized by the Spanish authorities.
In early September, the Catalan Parliament adopted the law on the transitional period which, according to supporters of independence, was to establish a legal basis to withdraw the Autonomous region from Spain.
According to the Chairman of the government of Catalonia Carles Pokdemon, the decision to hold a new referendum was made unilaterally after failing to agree on voting with the Central government in Madrid.
What is the reaction of Madrid?