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- The government of Catalonia supported 90% of the vote for the secession of the territory from Spain in the referendum which took place on Sunday and participated by about 2.26 million people, indicating that the people of the territory gained their right to establish a state, while Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said the referendum "failed."
- This figure represents a turnout of about 42.3% of the total number of voters in Catalonia of 5.34 million.
- Catalonia government spokesman Jordi Turol told a news conference that 2.02 million Catalan voters voted "yes" to the question "Do you want Catalonia to become an independent state in the form of a republic?"
- In a televised address Sunday evening in Barcelona,
Catalonia Boydemont said the Catalans had won the right to have an independent state after the "millions" of them took part in the referendum on secession from Spain.
- Call for Europe
Boegdemont called on the EU to engage directly in the conflict between Catalonia and the Spanish state. "We are European citizens and we suffer violations of our rights and freedoms," he said.
- Bigmont said the results would be transmitted "in the coming days" to the Catalan parliament "in order to implement" the referendum law, which stipulates the declaration of secession under the scenario of winning the "yes".
- The referendum day witnessed strong interventions by the Spanish riot police to prevent the referendum from continuing, and the provincial government announced that more than 800 people were injured in clashes with the police.
- The referendum failed
On the other hand, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said that the province of Catalonia "failed" to hold a referendum secession, which he considered illegal, stressing that political demands can not be expressed through illegal channels.
- He said the government had fulfilled its obligations, expressing the hope that the Catalan government would withdraw from its announcement of secession from Spain and called on the political parties represented in parliament to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the crisis in Catalonia.
- On the other hand, Rajavi denied that the police used excessive violence to prevent the referendum.
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Thank you for writing this. Do you know if the EU policy of immigration has any role in this? It seems like that an issue that most countries are having in the EU nowadays. It seems like Spain has been becoming more dictatorial in recent years. I hope the people get their freedom.