Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont is facing growing pressure to drop plans to break from Spain ahead of a key address to the regional parliament. From the early hours of Tuesday morning the Catalan police force, the Mossos d’Esquadra, closed the Ciutadella Park in Barcelona and positioned several police vans near the entrances and alongside parliament….
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Catalans exercise self-determination
Catalonia will move on Monday, October 9, declaring independence from Spain after holding a referendum upon the decision of Catalan Parliament, consistently rejected by the authorities in Madrid as ‘illegal’ according to Kingdom’s Constitution. Catalonia to move on Monday to declare independence from Spain https://t.co/tjqjQVMU5b via @ReutersSonyaD @AABerwick pic.twitter.com/MwN05DXwHx — Reuters (@Reuters) October 5, 2017…
Spain crisis deepens rejecting Catalan’s vote
Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont insists the region has won the right to statehood following a contentious referendum, in spite of riot police crack down on votes. #BREAKING Injured after the Spanish police charge up to 844 #CatalanReferendum pic.twitter.com/tz3PcP4bvs — Catalan News (@catalannews) October 1, 2017 Puigdemont said the door had been opened to a unilateral declaration…
Catalans to vote independence
President Carles Puigdemont of Catalonia informed about the date of a referendum on independence, when people will decide whether they wish to become citizens of a new European state – 1st of October 2017. In case of simple majority Puigdemont has vowed to move forward to foundations of the Catalan statehood, including launching negotiations to…
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