Catalonia Blog

Kosovo’s independence is legal

Juncà Lluís — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:14:41 +0000

Following up a complaint from Serbia, he U.N. General Assembly requested taht the International Court of Justice (ICJ) -on October 2008- should clarify the legality of Kosovo’s declaration of independence, which took place on the 17 th February 2008. After considering written statements from 36 U.N. member states, including Serbia, USA, France, Spain, etc., [...]

The real Catalonia

Juncà Lluís — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:00:49 +0000

“This is not the real Catalonia” is one the most recurrent arguments used by pro-Spanish Catalan politicians when they attempt to denigrate any kind of pro-Catalan event. We have come to a point, though, where this argument is so weak that it actually sounds funny. Following up last week’s massive demonstration where more than one [...]

Barcelona brought to standstill by massive demonstration

Juncà Lluís — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:31:36 +0000

Last Saturday, 1.5 million people (1.1 million according to the police) gathered in Barcelona in what was the first massive demonstration in favour of the independence of Catalonia. Using the slogan “We are a nation, we decide”, the rally brought the centre of Barcelona to a standstill, and for almost two [...]

Laporta to lead his own political party

Juncà Lluís — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:07:58 +0000

After several months of uncertainty, the former president of FC Barcelona,Joan Laporta, has confirmed through his website that he’ll run for president of Catalonia. With his seven years of unprecedented success at the front of the “unarmed army” of Catalonia (to quote M.V. Montalban), he is determined ”to devote his energy to a challenge that, if achieved, [...]

There’s only one way

Juncà Lluís — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:15:43 +0000

(for a comprehensive overview of the whole statute of autonomy process read this)

So this is it, the end of autonomism and, consequently, the end of federalism in Spain. When we started the process for a new statute of autonomy for Catalonia in 2003, independentists supported the idea in the hope that it would be a [...]