Majority of Catalans Voting Favor Secession (95%)

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Bill Miller

As reported on B92.Net. bout 30 percent of 700,000 eligible voters in 170 towns and villages in Catalonia voted on the question of whether Catalonia should become an independent state within the EU, the organizers said, Reuters reports. Early results showed that almost 95 percent of those who voted wanted Catalonia to leave Spain. Full Story

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Barcelona holds Catalan secession poll

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Bill Miller

As reported on ScotsMan.com. THE referendum fever on Catalan independence from Spain has spread to Barcelona, where poll organisers intend to hold a ballot on secession in the new year. Full Story

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