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Protesters going to the march A big estelada (Catalan independentist flag) unfurled from the building of a radio station at Passeig de Gràcia. The 2012 Catalan independence demonstration was a protest which occurred in central Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain, on 11 September 2012 during the National Day of Catalonia.
2012 Catalan independence demonstration. At the end of June, 2012, the so-called "March toward Independence" begun in Seu Vella (Lleida). After a series of festive, symbolic, and protest events, this march would culminate on 11 September with a massive march on Barcelona, with the slogan "Catalonia, new state in Europe".
Support for independence was marginal in the wealthy northeastern region, which speaks its own Catalan language and borders France, until the 2012 eurozone financial crisis that led to widespread ...
In a snap election announced just a few weeks ago, voters in the Spanish region of Catalonia have given a clear majority of votes to parties seeking referendum on independence from Spain. The ...
11 September – Some 1.5 million people take part in Catalonia's annual independence rally in Barcelona. [1]20 September – The Spanish prime minister rejects a call from Catalonia's leader for fiscal independence, days after a giant pro-autonomy rally in Barcelona.
The results of the parties remaining were with 70 votes in favour, 10 against and two blank ballots. Just hours after the Catalan declaration of independence, the Spanish Senate invoked Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution and authorised Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's government to impose direct rule over Catalonia.
Iberian Kingdoms in 1400. The Principality of Catalonia was a state [1] [2] of the composite monarchy known as Crown of Aragon.The Principality was the result of the absortion or vassalization by the County of Barcelona of the other Catalan counties (such as the counties of Girona, Osona, Urgell or Rousillon), while the Crown was created by the dynastic union of the County of Barcelona and the ...
There have been several Catalan independence referendums for determining the independence of Catalonia from Spain. 2017 Catalan independence referendum. Declaration of the Initiation of the Process of Independence of Catalonia; Law on the Referendum on Self-determination of Catalonia; 2014 Catalan self-determination referendum