The Catalans are a challenge to Spain

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- By Mathieu de Taillac
- Update 09/27/2015 11:47 p.m. in the
- Published on 09.27.2015 on 20:48

The joy of independence on Sunday in Barcelona after the results of regional elections. In the center, Artur Mas, outgoing President and Oriol Junquieras, Esquerra Republicana President of Catalunya.

The separatists won Sunday's regional elections. They promise secession in 18 months.

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"Hem Guanya, hemos ganado, we-have won, we won!", Launched Artur Mas its supporters. The main separatist list Junts pel If carried by the outgoing president, won 62 regional deputies, according to partial results covering on 97% of the vote. The other list in favor of secession, the candidatura of Unitat Popular (CUP) obtains 10. Together, the two teams will thus provide a comfortable lead over the absolute majority in the autonomous Parliament, fixed at 68 members.

"In, in, independencia!" The slogan that the Catalan independentist repeated demonstration after demonstration sounded Sunday night in the campaign headquarters of both parties. The separatists have parliamentary capacity to conduct their separation program, even if they were convinced that 48% of voters. Less than half of the votes then, in elections which conferred a separatist referendum value.

Except surprise, and alternative majority of fault, Artur Mas should lead built by right-independence government (those of his party, Convergencia Democratica de Catalunya, CDC) and left (Esquerra Republicana those of Catalunya) to join Junts pel If the coalition. The joint program is a roadmap that will lead in 18 months to a declaration of independence. If Junts pel loses MPs compared to the seats obtained separately by CDC and ERC in 2012, but by winning an election monopolized by the issue of independence, raises the challenge in Madrid.

If Junts pel will however convince the CUP to support it. The party, capitalist and advocate of leaving the European Union, had warned during the campaign that the two lists were required to obtain 50% of votes to embark on the road to independence. CUP had also indicated that it would refuse to renew Mas at the head of the regional government. "If we have to govern with them, it will be a little rock and roll," confided a source close to Junts pel If before the opening of polling stations.

Unionist side, the block is reconfigured. In the center and right, passes the Ciudadanos Rajoy People's Party (PP Forgot 19-11 seats) and stands as second force with 25 deputies (against 9 in 2012). On the left, the PSC saves the furniture with 16 seats while Catalunya If that're Pot (comprising ecologists, néocommunistes and radical left party Podemos) loses two seats out of the 13 had won a similar coalition in 2012.

Turbulent atmosphere

The exceptional nature of the voting was almost unanimously stressed by voters met at the exit of polling stations, near the Barcelona Sants station, for example. "I saw many more people than usual, demonstrates Merce, a thirty vote came a couple. I always vote to this office and this mobilization has nothing to do with classical regional elections, "she said. The participation totaled 77%, a new level to the Catalan elections, ten points more than in 2012.

Evidence before the time that the elections were not a regular ballot, turbulent atmosphere during the vote of outgoing President Mas. On one side, supporters of the right, brandishing Spanish flags, logos PP and Vox (some training to the right of PP). On the other, pro-independence voters, chanting slogans such that "Independència!" And "¡President!", In honor of Mas.Witness against his mobilization record, Mas had to queue three quarters of an hour before sliding his ballot.

Throughout the day, commentators analyzed the figures of participation. The conventional wisdom is that a strong mobilization reflects the awakening of voters hostile to independence. The latter, in fact, usually tend to book their vote for the Spanish general elections and swell the ranks of the abstention in the regional elections.It was reckoning without reserves independence vote.

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papatangocharly

Yesterday the Basque Country, Catalonia today, who tomorrow? Andalusia, Aragon?
What think the politicians and other regional extremist? To put their country, Spain, with fire and blood?

"Yes they are pleasant all these little villages
All these villages, these villages, these localities, these cities
With their castles, their churches, their beaches
They have only one weakness and that's habitation
And it is being inhabited by people watching
The rest with contempt the top of their ramparts
The race of chauvinists, holders of roundels
The lucky fools who were born somewhere

Cursed are the children of their mother country
Impaled once and for all on their tower
That will show their tricks their museums their town hall
You are seeing the homeland squinting up
They come out of Paris or Rome or Sète
Or vauvert devil or Zanzibar
Or even in Montcuq it flatter duffer
The lucky fools who were born somewhere

The sand in which their cozy ostriches
Bury the head there is no finer
When the air they use to inflate their balloons
Their soap bubbles is the divine breath
And gradually these are that mount
The neck to suggest that the dung made by
The horses even wood makes everyone jealous
The lucky fools who were born somewhere .. "

G. Brassens

The 09/28/2015 @ 03:34
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Georges Danton 1

In 1976, the Parti Québecois came to power, he lost his referendum in 1980 and 1995. Today, it is in decline and no longer collects Quebecois 1 of 4.

On 09/28/2015 at 2:56
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Excel007

French, attention to Catalan nationalism.
Recently separatist leaders have claimed, northern Catalonia, ie the territory of Perpignan to Spain, and claimed a correction of borders with Aragon and Valencia. The presidents of these "autonomias" strongly protested ... and it's not finished, there are the Balearic Islands.

On 09/28/2015 at 2:48
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Llorenc

Rajoy should no longer be in power on December 6. However, for Podemos and the PSOE, the challenge is immense in Madrid. Almost as much as the one who waits Artur Mas now in Catalonia.

On 09/28/2015 at 2:29
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director update

******* Czech Republic and Slovakia separated peacefully. Why not Catalonia and Spain?
The self-determination is not negotiable. ******

.... Except that there are laws dear !!!!!

in Spain it is forbidden to secede CONSTITUTIONALLY !!!!!

Thus the Catalan people can NOT dispose of itself, except to go buy another country and leave the Spanish Catalonia which, in fact, belongs to him NOT !!!!!

On 09/28/2015 at 1:54
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Iguazu

I believe that in 1936 the civil war had started a bit like that .... with uncontrolled regional nationalists. The risk is real for Spain, Catalonia would aspirations of Valencia and the Balearic Islands. The Basque Country also require independence.

On 09/28/2015 at 01:45
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from one subject to another

Now they will have to raise an army and an expeditionary force ...

On 09/28/2015 at 0:39
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TLACOTALPAN

They want to declare independence illegally.
In voice he had 47%.
These elections are to elect an assembly and have no plebiscite
On the other hand they have a phenomenal debt that is guaranteed by Spain

On 09/28/2015 at 00:35
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2895635 (unmoderated profile)

Over 50% of Catalan voters said no to independence

On 09/28/2015 at 0:27
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VéritéVaincra

At independence demonstrations in Catalonia, there were not slogans in Catalan or Spanish but in English ... with EU flags. Curious, no?
Search on the Internet a video (in 4 parts) entitled 'Euro-regions: Are we going to destroy nations? "'To understand why ...

On 09/28/2015 at 0:27
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