12/09/2017 · September 12, 2017 4:10 am. BARCELONA — With three weeks to go until a referendum called to dissolve a 500-year-old political union, neither the Spanish nor the Catalan governments are confronting head-on arguments about why Catalonia should secede from or remain in Spain. Instead, they are focusing on whether the Catalans have the legal right to ...

02/10/2017 · The current Catalan independence push began roughly 80 years ago, when dictator Francisco Franco suppressed both Catalan culture and language, but some in the region trace the desire for autonomy ...

18/10/2019 · Generations of people from poorer parts of Spain have moved there for work, forming strong family bonds with regions such as Andalusia. During this crisis, the Catalan economy has suffered.

02/10/2017 · Here are 10 reasons why the Catalans want to break away from Spain: *Catalonia, with its capital in Barcelona, is an autonomous Spanish region. It …

10/10/2017 · The economic crisis in Spain has only served to magnify calls for Catalan independence – as the wealthy Barcelona region is seen as propping up the poorer rest of Spain.

Catalonia has always seen itself as separate from the rest of Spain as it has historically had its own regional government.

27/10/2017 · Francina Armengol, president of the Balearic Islands also from her regional Socialist Party, has said that she wants Catalonia to remain part …

13/09/2017 · “They want to block the referendum because, according to the Spanish constitution, Spain is indivisible. The constitution makes that clear, meaning that it …

28/10/2017 · The situation first escalated on Oct. 1, when nearly 90% of Catalonian voters backed independence from Spain in a controversial and disputed referendum. Catalonia officials say turnout was about ...