Catalan Independence

12.06.2013 - 10.06 pm David Cameron: "let the people decide" and do not "ignore questions of nationality, independence, identity" The British Prime Minister David Cameron answered a question referring to Scotland’s self-determination process and he indirectly compared it to...	11.06.2013 - 10.16 pm The President of the Catalan Government aims to stay in office regardless of the self-determination vote Artur Mas, President of the Catalan Government, presented the Government Plan for 2013-2016 on Tuesday, emphasising that he aims to complete the four...	10.06.2013 - 09.51 pm Brussels' main think-tank CEPS recommends that Spain and Catalonia name "an external mediator" In an interview with ACN, the Head of the EU Foreign Policy Unit of the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Steven Blockmans argued that “the...	03.06.2013 - 09.38 pm Catalonia will have its own representatives in UNESCO separate from the Spanish delegation in specific issues The agreement was previously discussed with the Spanish Executive and it respects the Catalan Government’s external action power as described in...
21.05.2013 - 10.42 pm Catalonia contributed with 8.5% of its GDP to infrastructures and services in the rest of Spain in 2010 On Tuesday, the Catalan Government posted the so-called fiscal balances for 2010, showing the difference between the money paid by Catalans in taxes...	08.05.2013 - 10.47 pm The Spanish Constitutional Court temporarily suspends the Catalan Parliament's Declaration of Sovereignty The Catalan Parliament replies by approving the creation of a parliamentary commission on Catalonia’s right to self-determination with 79.3% of yes...	06.05.2013 - 11.28 pm The political summit for Catalonia's right to self-determination decided to include civil society However, the participating political parties could not agree on a plan to organise a self-determination vote: some would like to combine the...	03.05.2013 - 10.53 pm 33.7% of Catalan citizens support independence according to a Spanish Government survey The CIS – the Spanish Government’s public opinion survey institute – has indicated that 55.1% of Catalans would like a Catalan state, either...
23.04.2013 - 06.03 pm The Catalan Government attracted 37% more foreign investment in 2012 than in the previous year 47 foreign investment industrial projects, bringing in €331.88 million, landed in Catalonia last year through ‘Invest in Catalonia’, a programme from...	22.04.2013 - 10.16 pm The Catalan President states in Brussels that the EU views Catalonia's self-determination "with great respect" In an official visit to Brussels where the President of the Catalan Government, Artur Mas, met with three Commissioners, he recognised that the...	18.04.2013 - 09.56 pm Eleven town halls pay their taxes to the Catalan Tax Agency instead of the Spanish one In a symbolical action, 11 town halls have handed in their monthly taxes to the Catalan Tax Agency and not to the equivalent Spanish entity. The...	09.04.2013 - 10.05 pm The Spanish Socialist Party backs a constitutional reform but rejects allowing Catalonia’s self-determination vote The leader of the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE), Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, and the President of the Catalan Government, Artur Mas, secretly met on...
03.04.2013 - 10.20 pm The Catalan President insists on talking to the Spanish Government about the self-determination claims Artur Mas, the President of the Catalan Government and leader of the Centre-Right Catalan Nationalist Coalition (CiU), is sceptical about the Spanish...	02.04.2013 - 09.05 pm Ban Ki-moon asks for talks regarding Catalonia’s self-determination claims “The United Nations respect self-determination processes” stated the Secretary General of the United Nations when he was asked about Catalonia’s and...	27.03.2013 - 07.29 pm The Spanish Prime Minister and the Catalan President secretly met and agreed to relax the deficit targets According to Catalan and Spanish Government sources, the Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, and the President of the Catalan Executive, Artur Mas...	14.03.2013 - 07.09 pm The Catalan Government posts a debt of €50.95 billion at the end of 2012 The Catalan Finance Minister, Andreu Mas-Colell has announced that the Catalan Government had a public debt of €50,948 million on the 31st of...