Independence referendum proposal raises Catalan tensions

Catalonia region president Pere Aragonès has outlined plans for a binding referendum, inspired by secession votes held in Scotland and Quebec. Photograph: Alberto Estevez/EPAhas unveiled its proposal for a referendum on independence for the region, nearly seven years after a previous vote which had drastic consequences.. The proposal was based on a report he commissioned by the Institute for Self-Government Studies , a research centre linked to the Catalan government.

No time frame has been set for the staging of the referendum, which Mr Aragonès says would be negotiated with the Spanish state. The approach of his Catalan Republican Left with this project has been much more cautious than that of his party and other pro-independence forces in 2017 when they defied the wishes of the then-conservative government and court orders by staging a unilateral vote.

Support for independence has dropped in recent years, with 41 per cent of Catalans in favour, according to a recent poll by the regional government’s statistics institute. They have already achieved a big one in the shape of an amnesty Bill benefiting Catalan nationalists who have been facing legal action for separatist activity. The law is in parliament and could be implemented by late May.

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