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Catalonia was 'won right to statehood'
BBC News ^ | 10/1/2017 | BBC

Posted on 10/01/2017 2:04:52 PM PDT by Nextrush

Catalan leader Carles Pulgdemont says the region has won the right to statehood following Sunday's referendum which was marred by violence.

He said the door had been opened to a unilateral declaration of independence.

Hundreds of people were injured as Spanish police used force to try to block voting.

The Spanish government had pledged to stop a poll that was declared illegal by the country's constitutional court........

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Germany; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: catalan; catalonia; election; spain
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To: livius

I thought that the muzzies were already taking over in Catalonia.


81 posted on 10/03/2017 7:03:07 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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