139. 282. 282. Over 2.3 million Catalans took part in a symbolic independence poll on Sunday. The poll, watered down after exhaustive legal wrangling with the Spanish government, was not an formal.. Poll: 57% would vote yes to Catalan independence, but few expect they will get it. El Nacional. Photo: Laura Gómez. Barcelona. Tuesday, 17 November 2020. 21:09. Updated Wednesday, 18 November 2020. 11:32. Reading time: 2 minutes. Read in Catalan. If a referendum on independence were held in Catalonia now, yes would prevail In its March 2017 poll, aside from asking respondents whether they would want Catalonia to become an independent state, it asked their intents in the event of a referendum on the independence of Catalonia being called and organised by the Government of Catalonia without agreement from the Spanish Government Up to 60% of Catalonians want independence - poll. Nearly 59.6 percent of the population of Catalonia desire independence from the rest of Spain and want their region to become a new state of Europe, according to released poll results catalan independence drive New survey sees percentage of Catalans against independence rise According to an official poll by the the regional government, 48.8% of citizens now reject secession from..
The administration's own opìnion polling body, the CEO, tips the Republican Left to win the elections to the Parliament of Catalonia, scheduled - pandemic permitting - for 14th February 2021. The poll gives ERC 36-37 seats in the 135-seat Parliament. As well, pro-independence parties would surpass the symbolic barrier of 50% of votes - the. Support for Catalan independence drops: poll. Spanish government also orders weekly spending reports from Catalonia. By Laurens Cerulus. July 21, 2017 5:33 pm. Support for Catalan independence has dropped just months before a planned referendum on breaking away from Spain, a new survey suggests
A Catalan government poll last month found 47.7 per cent of Catalans are against independence and 44.5 per cent in favour Catalans go to the polls on Sunday in local elections that have been styled as a de facto referendum on secession by a coalition of parties who want to see Catalonia become Europe's newest nation Catalonia Overwhelmingly Votes for Independence From Spain in Straw Poll. People waiting to vote at a polling station in Barcelona on Nov. 9, 2014. About 2.2 million of 5.4 million eligible voters.. The previous survey, in March, showed the population divided on independence at roughly 45 percent each for staying and becoming independent. However, the latest poll showed a dip in support for Catalan parties in favor of independence, which currently have an absolute majority in the Catalan parliament
A survey at the end of July found that 49.4% of Catalans were against independence and 41.1% supported it. When a similar referendum was held in November 2014, 80% voted Yes A recent poll showed that 49,4 percent of Catalans would vote in favour of independence and answer yes to the two questions on the voting paper: Do you want Catalonia to be a state? If so, do you want this state to be independent? Catalunya en Comu (Catalonia in Common or CatComu) led by Barcelona mayor Ada Colau, is a coalition of left-wing parties including Podemos, the Greens, the United Alternative Left and has been in favour of an agreed referendum on independence. It is a successor to Catalonia Yes We Can (CSQP) coalition, which won 8.9 per cent of the vote and 11 seats in 2015
Opinion polls suggest that as many as 80% of Catalans want an official referendum on the issue of Catalonia's status, with about 50% in favour of full independence Catalonia Independence Poll: Spanish Police Scuffle with Defiant VotersPlease Like And Subcriber ! Thanks for ALL The pro-independence Republican Left of Catalonia is expected to become the leader of the vote, receiving 26.5 percent of public support, and thus gaining 39 out of 135 seats in the parliament, the poll showed
Opinion polls suggest that as many as 80% of Catalans want an official referendum on the issue of Catalonia's status, with about 50% in favour of full independence. image source AF The Catalonian government said late Monday that about 90 percent of about 2.25 million voters backed independence. That would represent a turnout of about 42 percent of registered voters
he Spanish government has vowed to block plans by parties in Catalonia to hold a referendum on independence on 9 November of next year. The poll will not be held, Justice Minister Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon told journalists moments after Catalonia's President, Artur Mas, announced a deal By a Newsnet reporter . A new poll from the Spanish newspaper El Periódico shows that a clear majority of Catalans support independence from Spain, and an even greater number demand that the Spanish government recognises the right of Catalonia to decide its own future.. 57.8% of those polled said they would vote in favour of Catalonia becoming an independent state, 36% were against and 6.2%. Catalonia Votes in Symbolic Poll for Independence From Spain The consultation of citizens in Catalonia follows a legal block by the central government against a more formal, albeit still non. Catalan Independence explained to the World. 18.03.2014. Source: CNA Barcelona (ACN).- According to a poll issued on Tuesday by the Centre of Opinion Studies (CEO), run by the Catalan Government, 59.7% of Catalans would agree with Catalonia becoming a new European State; 29.7% would be against this idea and 6.8% do not know EL NACIONAL.CAT POLL Catalan election poll: ERC expected to win, with pro-independence vote over 50% David González Photo: ACN Barcelona. Tuesday, 7 July 2020. 00:37 Updated Tuesday, 7 July 2020. 11:29 Reading time: 4 minute
Catalonia On Strike Over Independence Poll Violence . Schools and some businesses also shut in a dramatic protest bound to further ratchet up fever-pitch tensions with Spain's central government. Madrid (CNN) — Catalonia's November 9 independence referendum will not be held as planned due to the suspension of the vote by Spain's Constitutional Court, Catalan President Artur Mas announced Tuesday in Barcelona. Mas said the decree he recently signed authorizing the referendum now has no effect, given that the Constitutional Court has accepted the Spanish government's appeal. People wait for their turn beneath 'Gegants', giants figures depicting Catalan kings, queens and traditional figures, to cast their vote at a polling station on November 9, 2014 in Barcelona, Spain. Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images Over 2.3 million Catalans took part in a symbolic independence poll on Sunday The people of Catalonia in north-eastern Spain are voting in a disputed and non-binding poll on independence. The Spanish judiciary has ruled the vote unconstitutional but Catalan leader Artur Mas.
Catalonia is voting in local elections Cast a shadow on the Covid pandemic And the ongoing debate over independence from the rest of Spain dominated. Nine political parties are disagreeing with the election Opinion polls suggest fierce competition Between the unionist Catalan Socialist Party (PSC), the independent Catalan Republican Left (ERC), and the similarly separatist Fresh polls predict a virtual technical tie between the two main pro-independence parties in the elections to be held in Catalonia on 14 February. Socialist candidate and Spain's former. Guardian readers in Spain on both sides of the Catalan independence debate on the unofficial independence poll - and what they think should happen next theguardian.com, Tuesday 11 November 2014 12.44 GMT People wait for their turn beneath 'Gegants', giants figures depicting Catalan kings, queens and traditional figures, to cast their vote at
Support for independence in Spain's wealthy northeastern region of Catalonia has slipped, according to a Catalan government opinion poll published Friday. The Opinion Studies Centre poll found that 50 percent of eligible voters would vote against Catalonia becoming independent from Spain while 42.9 percent are in favour Police beat Catalan voters at polling stations. Why you can trust Sky News. At least 460 people have been injured in clashes as police try to stop Catalonia's illegal independence poll.
Voters celebrate as they are cheered by others after casting their ballots at the Escola Industrial, a school assigned to be a polling station by the Catalan government in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau says more than 460 people have been injured in Catalonia in clashes with Spanish police trying to prevent a referendum on independence from taking place in. Catalonia's leader said 90 percent of voters backed independence from Spain, but the central government has vowed to stop the wealthy northeastern region — which accounts for a fifth of Spain. At least 460 people have been injured in clashes as police try to stop Catalonia's illegal independence poll, authorities say. The figure came from Barcelona's mayor Ada Colau, who demanded an end to police actions against a peaceful defenceless population. Branding Spain's prime minister a coward...hiding behind thousands of police she called for Mariano Rajoy to resign or be removed from. Pro-Catalonia independence parties will combine for the most votes in regional election in December though may fall just short of a majority needed to revive the secession campaign, two polls showed on Sunday. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy called the Dec. 21 election after firing the previous government and imposing direct rule over the autonomous region following a unilateral.
Catalonia on Monday called early regional elections for September 27, polls that will serve as a proxy vote on independence from Spain and raise tensions with the central government in Madrid. Catalan president Artur Mas signed a decree on Monday night setting the date for the vote in the wealthy northeastern region, home to 7.5 million people and accounting for a fifth of Spain's output Protesters hold a banner with the Catalan regional government 'Generalitat' logo as they gather during a demonstration at the Placa de la Universitat square during a general strike in Catalonia called by Catalan unions in Barcelona, on October 3, 2017. Large numbers of Catalans are expected to observe a general strike today to condemn police [ Opponents of Catalan independence march in Barcelona as poll shows a divided Spain Click to return to European institutions won't recognize Catalonia independence: EU Parliament president PROTESTERS blocked roads, public transport slowed to a crawl and FC Barcelona refused to
Catalonia Independence referendum 2017 Results Live Voting Exit Poll can be found below. The regional Government of Catalonia has set a referendum on Catalan independence for 1 October 2017. This referendum was first called for in June 2017 and was approved by the Catalan parliament in a session on 6 September 2017 along with a law which states that independence would be binding with a simple. Thousands of Catalans gathered at designated polling stations on Sunday morning as they sought to defy Spanish authorities by voting in a banned independence referendum that has raised fears of. Scotland and Catalonia both have strong independence movements, but their paths to this goal are very different. At an event hosted by the Centre for European Policy Studies, a Brussels think-tank, politicians and academics from Scotland and Catalonia on Monday (8 September) spoke of why the two nations want to secede from the UK and Spain, respectively, and how they see the new countries.
BARCELONA, Sept 30 — Spanish police sealed off schools earmarked as polling stations and occupied the Catalan government's communications hub today in efforts to prevent a banned independence referendum. Supporters of the poll spent the night in schools with their children and say they plan to.. Catalans rally in fury over independence poll violence Tuesday 3 October 2017 - 7:03pm People gather near the old university of Barcelona, two days after the banned independence referendum in. New poll on Catalonia's independence The data of the new poll on the citizen's preferences on Catalonia becoming and independent state are clear (and stable for the last 2 years). A majority of around 59% prefers independence for Catalonia; this is assuming the turnout of 84% (those who express a valid vote in this poll, given that 16% would not vote or do not know what to vote) Catalonia's leader said 90 percent of voters backed independence from Spain, but the central government has vowed to stop the wealthy northeastern region — which accounts for a fifth of Spain's economy — from breaking away, dismissing the poll as a farce
Catalan president Artur Mas has called a snap election in September to try to win a majority in favour of independence from Spain for the wealthy region as he tries to revive a secession movement that shows signs of cooling. All or nothing, wrote Catalan daily newspaper El Periodico de Catalunya on its front page on Thursday a day after Mas said early elections would be held on September 27. BARCELONA: Spanish police sealed off schools earmarked as polling stations and occupied the Catalan government's communications hub on Saturday in efforts to prevent a banned independence referendum to released poll results. Over 1,600 people have been polled by the Center for Opinion Studies (CEO), a Catalan government research center. The recently published survey was carried out in mid-December 2013, when the region's political parties were negotiating a possible independence referendum. Meanwhile, just under 30 percent said they would be against or totally against. Many supporters of Catalan independence spent the night in schools and other polling places in an effort to keep them open until the start of voting at Sunday at 9 a.m. (0700 UTC). Resolving a.
Catalonia: The Poll Road to Independence 1. Catalan independentism 1 Catalan independentism Catalan independentism (Catalan: Independentisme català; Eastern Catalan: [indəpəndənˈtizmə kətəˈɫa], Western Catalan: [independenˈtizme kataˈla]) is a political movement, derived from Catalan nationalism, which supports the independence of Catalonia or the so-called Catalan countries from. People walk past a graffiti of a Gracia neighborhood pro-independence youth organization in Barcelona Saturday, Sept. 30 2017. Catalonia's planned referendum on secession is due to be held Sunday by the pro-independence Catalan government but Spain's government calls the vote illegal, since it violates the constitution, and the country's Constitutional Court has ordered it suspended The Catalan independence movement is said to have started in 1922, when Francesc Macia founded the Estat Catalan (Catalan State). In 1931, the Republican Left of Catalonia was formed and won in the municipal elections that year. Macia proclaimed a Catalan Republic, but after negotiations with the Spanish Republic, accepted autonomy within the. THE banner in Barcelona's central Placa de Catalunya square reads: Catalonia, next independent state in Europe. After a huge, peaceful march with flags and banners through the city on.
Catalan parties tie independence to regional polls, creating de-facto referendum Issued on: 31/03/2015 - 21:33 Modified: 01/04/2015 - 16:23 A Catalan pro-independence rally in Barcelona ahead of. Polls in recent years say the majority of Catalonia's 7.5 million inhabitants want an official vote on independence, while around half support cutting centuries-old ties with Spain - Pro-independence parties that want Catalonia to break away from Spain are on course to win the most seats in regional parliament elections at the end of the month, a poll published Monday showed. Pro-Catalonia independence parties will win the regional election in December but are unlikely to take a parliamentary majority, a poll showed
Find the perfect Catalans Vote In Unofficial Independence Poll stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. Select from premium Catalans Vote In Unofficial Independence Poll of the highest quality However, the pro-independence numbers dipped when Catalans were informed that a Catalonian state would remain outside the European Union. A recent poll by Metroscopia showed that only 38 percent would vote for independence if that meant life outside the EU. What does Spain think? Madrid opposes the independence referendum BARCELONA - Several hundred thousand Catalans rallied Tuesday in fury at police violence against voters during a banned independence referendum, as Madrid accuse