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Catalonia movement
October 4 , 2017
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- Referendum on independence for Catalonia was recently held.
- Preliminary results of its referendum have shown 90% in favour of independence in the vote vehemently opposed by Spain government.
- The ballot will have no legal status as it has been blocked by Spain’s Constitutional Court and also its declared as illegal by Spain’s central government.
- Catalonia is an historically an autonomous region of Spain in the north-east end of the Iberian Peninsula.
- Barcelona is its capital
- However, its cultural autonomy was never recognised despite having its own distinct history, culture and language laws, and customs.
- Many sovereigns tried to impose the Spanish language and laws in order to culturally unify the kingdom.
- This fuelled Catalan separatism which was crushed under the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco in 1940s.
- Pro –independence supporters claim that Catalonia which is one of Spain’s wealthiest region , offers 20 % economic output support to Spain than it receives from Cental government.
- So the prevailing feel is that the wealth from Catalonia region is being diverted disproportionately to other poorer provinces.
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