According to the news articles of the German “Tags Shaw” newspaper, tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Barcelona for an independent Catalonia. Since the general elections in Spain, special attention has been paid to separatist parties in this country and they can play a decisive role in the future government of this country.
In this way, tens of thousands of people in Catalonia called for the independence of this region in northeastern Spain on the occasion of the national holiday known as “Diada”. According to the reporter of the German news agency, after the march, the demonstrators gathered in the Plaza de España in the center of Barcelona, where they chanted slogans such as “independence, freedom”.
Information on the number of participants varies widely: while ANC civil movement organizers spoke of around 800,000 participants in the evening, police on the other hand believe that around 115,000 demonstrators were present earlier in the night. The Dyada commemorates the loss of self-government in 1714.
Per Aragones, the leader of the regional government of Catalonia, said shortly before the demonstration that the opportunity created by the sudden importance of the Catalan parties in the formation of the new Spanish government should not be lost.
This year, the protests have been followed with particular attention across Spain, as Catalonia’s separatist parties play an important role as potential mainstays in Spanish politics.
Catalonia’s two separatist parties in Spain’s parliament will decide in the next few weeks whether acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez can continue to govern or whether new elections should be held. Because without the votes of the Catalans, Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist Party (PSOE) will not have a majority.
But first, Alberto Núñez Feijo, leader of the opposition conservative People’s Party (PP), who won the most votes in the July 23 election, has until September 27 to form a government coalition. However, he has little chance in this direction. Sánchez could then negotiate with Aragon’s left-wing nationalist party, and particularly with Belgium-based separatist leader Carles Puigdemont’s United party. Untes, who are less willing to compromise, have so far called for an independence referendum, which is considered unacceptable in Spain.
The results of the recent parliamentary elections in Spain have caused the process of forming the future government in this country to be tied to the cooperation of separatist parties, especially the Catalan separatist party, and this has caused them to make their demands a precondition for negotiations to form the future government.
Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has announced amnesty for all separatists as a precondition for negotiations to help form a government in Spain. He also demanded to respect the democratic legitimacy of separatism.
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