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Location of Catalonia (dark green) in Spain (light green) and Europe.. A non-binding Catalan self-determination referendum, also known as the Citizen Participation Process on the Political Future of Catalonia, [1] was held on Sunday, 9 November 2014, to gauge support on the political future of Catalonia.
There have been several Catalan independence referendums for determining the independence of Catalonia from Spain. 2017 Catalan independence referendum. Declaration of the Initiation of the Process of Independence of Catalonia; Law on the Referendum on Self-determination of Catalonia; 2014 Catalan self-determination referendum
Hours after Scotland rejected a bid to gain independence from the U.K. on Friday, Spain's Catalonia region took a big step toward holding an independence referendum of its own. Catalonia's ...
The referendum law stated that if the majority voted 'yes,' independence would be declared two days post the official result announcement, irrespective of voter turnout. Following this, the Catalan Parliament also ratified the Legal and Foundational Transition Law of the Catalan Republic.
Puigdemont promised to organise a binding independence referendum based on results from a multi-question, non-binding vote in 2014, when about 80% of those who voted were believed to have backed independence for the region, and up to 91.8% supported Catalonia becoming a state—albeit on an estimated turnout around or below 40%. [40]
By RYAN GORMAN Spain's government may not be able to silence Catalan protesters calling for independence, but EA Sports' Madrid office reportedly had pro-independence chants removed from FIFA 15.
The declaration was passed with 72 votes in favor, 63 against and 0 abstentions in the Parliament of Catalonia. On 9 June 2017, the Catalan government announced the date of the independence referendum. It was declared illegal on 6 September 2017 and suspended by the Constitutional Court of Spain because it breached the Spanish Constitution of 1978.
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