Catalonia will be heading to polls later in 2015 in a bid to turn an early election to the Catalan Parliament into a de facto referendum on independence. Catalan President Artur Mas (CiU, liberal-christian democrat) yesterday announced a deal with head of opposition Oriol Junqueras (ERC, social democrat) to hold a snap vote on September 27th. Both parties say they are seeking a democratic mandate for secession. If pro-independence parties get an absolute majority of seats and votes, they argue, it will be then clear that the next Catalan government will be entitled to create a Catalan state. The deal also includes a commitment to propel and finalize state structures before the election. In this context, state structures means the establishment of a Catalan tax agency, a Catalan social security and an own diplomatic service, separated from Spains. nationalia.info/en/news/2053
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 22:20:55 +0000
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