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Thousands gather for annual Catalonia Day independence march
Some 9,000 people gathered for an annual Catalonia Day march in Barcelona on Saturday to call for the region's independence. Spain's Constitutional Court revoked several powers of the autonomous Catalonian government in June, igniting protests.
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AFP - Around 9,000 people demonstrated Saturday in the centre of Barcelona for the independence of the northeastern Catalonia region, burning a Spanish flag and a photo of King Juan Carlos, media reported.
At the end of the annual march on Catalonia Day masked people set alight a photograph of the Spanish king dressed in a military uniform and a Spanish flag, according to media reports citing municipal police.
Spain's Constitutional Court in June struck down several articles of a 2006 charter that expanded the already significant powers of self rule of the Catalonian government, sparking mass protests in the region.
The head of the Catalonian government, Jose Montilla, recently called regional elections for November 28, which will be a key test not only for the Socialists, who currently lead Catalonia's ruling coalition but also the national government.
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Catalunya
Catalunya should be an independent nation; they are the True Spaniards; not the interlopers from Castile. Catalunya and Euzcadi have 20% of the population of 'Spain' but probably 35-40% of the economy due to the progressive nature of their cultures and peoples; this is the reason self-styled 'Spain' fears the independence movements in Catalunya and the Basque(Euzcadi) regions; follow the money.
Spain has its days counted
Spain has its days counted the sooner they admit that their invention did not work, the better for everyone, Catalans and Spanish.
You can't blame a country like Catalonia wanting to get out of a next to failed state like Spain, where corruption is endemic and unemployment runs at 20%
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