The Catalan government reported a 90% vote in favor of independence, with a 43% turnout. Independence opponents boycotted the referendum, deeming it illegal. The referendum's legitimacy was widely disputed due to various procedural anomalies and the absence of validation by an independent entity. In a referendum on 1 October 2017, declared illegal by Spain's Constitutional Court, about 90% of Catalan voters backed independence. But turnout was only 43%. There were clashes when Spanish Lawmakers in Catalonia have voted to declare independence from Spain. Here's everything to know about the crisis. Catalonia has declared independence from Spain. I was ready to do any number of other things this afternoon, but – humble public servant that I am – I’m gonna crack open a cheap-ass beer from Mercadona and write a little news update. As the Catalan Parliament in Barcelona cast votes for or against independence from Spain, secessionist supporters watched outside and celebrated the outcome. (Video: Raul Gallego Abellan/The Barcelona – The parliament of Catalonia has voted to declare independence from Spain. Seventy legislators voted in favour, 10 voted against, while two cast blank ballots. The decision was made A Catalan independence protest in July 2010 The Catalan independence movement (Catalan: independentisme català; [a] Spanish: independentismo catalán; Occitan: independentisme catalan) is a social and political movement with roots in Catalan nationalism that seeks the independence of Catalonia from Spain. While proposals, organizations and individuals advocating for Catalan independence or In a febrile atmosphere the separatist majority in the Catalan parliament declared independence on 27 October. Using the Article 155 emergency powers, Madrid dissolved parliament, sacked its In October 2017 Catalonia voted, in a referendum whose legitimacy was disputed, to secede from Spain. Later that month the region’s president unilaterally declared independence. The Spanish state responded with police interventions and the use of the courts to frustrate these attempts. Ultimately, direct rule was imposed, suspending Catalonia’s devolved powers. The referendum caused alarm Catalonia's pro-independence leaders then went ahead with a full referendum on 1 October 2017, which was also declared illegal by Spain's constitutional court. The Catalonia independence movement gained global attention in October 2017, when the regional government held a controversial independence referendum. Despite being declared illegal by the Spanish Constitutional Court, 90% of voters supported independence, though turnout was only 43%. Five years after Catalonia's government sought to declare the region’s independence from Spain, Ellis Palmer has been to Barcelona to find out what the situation is. Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and other regional leaders have signed a declaration of independence from Spain, following the disputed referendum. However, they say the move will not be On Sunday, October 1, an overwhelming majority of Catalan voters chose independence from Spain, according to Catalonia’s pro-separatist government. Officials said that 90 per cent of the 2.26 BARCELONA — Catalonia declared itself an independent republic on Friday. But nobody is sure how long it will last. Within hours of an emotional vote by the Catalan Parliament, Spain’s prime The Catalan nation, its language and its culture have a thousand years of history. For centuries, Catalonia has been endowed with and enjoyed its own institutions that have fully exercised self-gov-ernment, with the Generalitat as the greatest expression of the historic rights of Catalonia. During periods of freedom, parlia-mentarianism has been the pedestal upon which these institutions have Two and a quarter million of the 5.3 million registered voters of Catalonia (an autonomous region in northeastern Spain) gathered to vote on a referendum to declare the region’s independence from the nation of Spain on October 1, 2017. The Catalan Parliament voted overwhelmingly to declare independence from Spain in late October, leading the Spanish Senate to respond by granting Madrid unprecedented powers to exert control People react as they celebrate the unilateral declaration of independence of Catalonia outside the Catalan Parliament, in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. Catalonias' regional Parliament Lawmakers in Catalonia have declared independence from Spain in a historic vote that prompted protests and celebration. The government in Madrid, vowing to halt any would-be secession,
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