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Catalonia’s president leads pro-independence demonstrators in Barcelona

Catalonia, one year later

July 14, 2018: Catalan President Quim Torra (1R) joins protesters demanding the release of pro-independence leader Oriol Junqueras (pictured on banner) from prison (source: dpa)

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Location
Spain
Date
8 November 2018
Contains
Report Scenarios
Category
Political issues
Tags
Catalonia investment local government national movements secession separatism

Author

Dr. Tomas Dupla del Moral

Dr. Tomas Dupla del Moral

Tomas Dupla del Moral has a law degree from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (1970) and earned a MSc (1983) and a PhD (1985) in Sociology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He worked as a barrister in Madrid between ...
  • Both the pro- and anti-independence coalitions in Catalonia are weak and split
  • This has created a hard-to-break political impasse that is damaging the economy
  • More stalemate seems likely, unless pro-independence moderates align with unionists

Late last summer, former French Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced that he was running for mayor of Barcelona in the May 2019 municipal elections. The son of a Catalan father and a Swiss mother, he was born in the city, though he has lived almost his entire life in France.

Rather than running on a party ticket, he explicitly sought the support of all non-pro-independence parties left of the Popular Party (PP). The strongest party in Catalonia and fourth-largest in Spain, Ciudadanos (Citizens), decided to support him.

Mr. Valls’ decision has thrown into turmoil an already unstable Catalan political scene, still reeling from the events of last year. The election results in Barcelona – a powerful economic engine and home to more than 20 percent of the region’s population – could potentially help reshape local politics. Given Catalonia’s current political impasse, such an impulse is certainly needed.

Contents

  • Turbulent year
  • Weak secessionists
  • Capital flight
  • Three-headed monster
  • Across barricades
  • Long stalemate
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Socialists are trying to cool down the conflict, while rightist parties think anti-Catalan rhetoric will help them
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  • Both the pro- and anti-independence coalitions in Catalonia are weak and split
  • This has created a hard-to-break political impasse that is damaging the economy
  • More stalemate seems likely, unless pro-independence moderates align with unionists
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