Declaration of Sovereignty of the Catalan People

The Catalans democratically voted a declaration of sovereignty.
Today, Spain has declared void the will of the Catalan people.

An unprecedented event in democracy

Declaration of Sovereignty of the Catalan People

This proposal has been drafted in agreement between the governing Convergència i Unió (CiU) coalition and the main opposition party Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC), and is to be negotiated with the other parties which have expressed their defence of the right to decide of the people of Catalonia, namely .... read more

Council of Europe urges Spain to conduct judicial proceedings in Catalan


The evaluation report by the Council of EuropeCommittee of Experts  is a clear textshowing Spain is not doing its duty. Catalan language is being harassed in the judicialproceedings. As the report itself says:

“On the basis of the observations made bythe Committee of Experts in its second evaluation report, the Committee of Ministers recommended...read more

Declaration of sovereignty - “Man cannot be, if not free”

This Wednesday, the Catalan Parliament is to approve a Declaration of Sovereignty that should build the foundations for the Catalan people's will to decide their own future without limitations. There is universal agreement among the real democracies throughout the world, by which a basic principle is the fact that democracy per se has no limit in its approach, as long as it is approved by a majority. It is debatable, depending on the subject, whether the majority is to be simple or qualified. But the Catalan Parliament intends to approve a declaration of intent, significant, but no further than that. It does certainly propound the greatest essence of democracy...read more

We want to Vote

A simple but hugely important event will take place in Barcelona this Wednesday, 23 January 2013: the Catalan Parliament will vote and most likely adopt a Declaration of Sovereignty. This declaration will solemnly proclaim that the people of Catalonia is a sovereign political and juridical subject, and will thus set the legal basis for the start of the self-determination process of Catalonia.

A majority of almost two thirds of the Catalan Parliament –a large majority by any standard– will vote in favour of this Declaration, which establishes the right of the Catalans to decide on their political future on the basis of five principles: transparency, dialogue, social cohesion, Europeanism, and international legality. In this clear, simple, and transparent manner...read more 

Declaration of Sovereignty in the Catalan Parliament

The agreement between CiU and ERC (the parties in the Catalan government and opposition, respectively) has permitted the start of the new term, the tenth Parliament, that will be completely different from the previous terms. The 135 representatives in the Catalan Parliament will have to face the term of freedom, so to speak. First of all because, no matter what the Spanish and Catalan conservative media say, the parties in favour of the right to self-determination won the elections held on 25^th of November. If in 1980, when the Catalan autonomy was devolved, the predominant axis was the right/left, in 2012 the prevailing axis, despite the irrefutable economic and financial crisis that's sinking the country... read more 

A very simple step

A very simple step will be taken by Catalan Parliament tomorrow. With the support of anywhere between 62% and 79% of all MP's, a declaration of sovereignty will be approved. (Note: it must be said that only 21% of MP's will vote against the declaration. 23 of the 135 might abstain from voting due to divergences with technicalities of the declaration.) 

 The importance of this declaration is enormous. It will recognise the Catalan people as sovereign and will express its ability to choose its collective destiny as a free, sovereign unit. What this declaration does, in effect, is provide the Catalan people with the legal...read more 

Declaration of Sovereignty of the Catalan people, what is it? 

Democracy is the Right to Vote

This week the Catalan Parliament is to approve a declaration that sets the basis in order to build democracy in Catalonia. This declaration intends to be transparent as well as promoting participation of civil society in the sovereign construction of this democracyAppealing to universal principles of the rights of citizens and nations —the only legitimacy that stands above any legislation— the Catalan Parliament, with a wide majority and representing the citizens entitled to vote in Catalonia, declares that the Catalan nation is a legal and politic subject that has the right to decide, and wishes to do so. This declaration must be set within the perception of most of the Catalan people —which does not exist in the rest of the Spain— that the constitutional regime... read more

The Catalan Spring Has Begun

Today the Catalan Parliament is set to vote and, predictably, approve a declaration of sovereignty that will state that the people of Catalonia are a political subject qualified to exercise their right to decide on any matters concerning their wellbeing. This vote will represent one more milestone for us, Catalans, towards achieving our goals as a nation. The November elections and the various polls conducted all seem to...read more

Catalan Parliament votes Declaration of Sovereignty

Today, 2013 January 23rd, the Catalan Parliament voted in favor of the Declaration of Sovereignty  to start a way to a new state.  The approved text pledges to initiating the process to exercise the right to decide on how to implement the right to self-determination of peoples.

The voting showed a clear majority in favor of the Declaration... read more

Full text : Declaration of Sovereignty and Right To Decide of the People of Catalonia   

Throughout its history, the people of Catalonia have democratically expressed their will to govern themselves so as to improve the progress, welfare, and equal opportunities for all its citizens, and to strengthen its culture and its own collective identity. The self-government of Catalonia is also based on the historical rights of the Catalan people, on its secular institutions and on Catalan legal tradition. Catalan parliamentarianism has its foundations in the Middle Ages, with the Assemblies of Peace and Truce, and with the Court of Counts. In the fourteenth century, the institution of... read more

Euronews- Catalonia's parliament adopts declaration of sovereignty video

Why 2013 in Catalonia will be like 1775 in the United States

Catalonia is regaining independence from Spain.  But why break away now, after 299 years? Let’s compare the current Catalan situation to the American colonies just before independence.

According to the BBC, “In 1763, Americans joyously celebrated the British victory in the Seven Years' War, reveling in their identity as Britons and jealously guarding their much-celebrated rights which they believed they possessed by virtue of membership in what they saw as the world's greatest empire.” Yet just 13 years later, the colonies declared independence.  Why? Because Britain attempted to abolish their most-cherished rights... read more

EFA : Catalonia Begins the Process to Become a State

Catalonia sets course to exercise the right to decide, declaring its sovereignty. Catalonia begins the process to become a state.

Last November 25, at the Catalan elections with the greatest ever participation, the most focused on the right to decide, the citizens clearly expressed their support for Catalonia to begin a process ending in the free exercise of the right to self-determination. 

The Spanish government's persistent rejection of Catalonia's legitimate demands for self-government, to put a stop to the massive tax plunder Catalonia is subject to, or for respect for Catalan culture and the language, have thwarted the different proposals to reach an understanding made by the Catalan institutions across the board to the Spanish institutions...read more

Catalan Parliament musters 3/4 in favour of opening discussions with Spain on possible referendum for self-determination

The Catalan Parliament passed a motion on Wednesday to open discussions with the government of Spain for a possible democratic ballot for the self-determination of Catalonia. The proposition, which evolves on one of the points contained in the Declaration of Sovereignty approved by the by Parliamentlast January 23.

In the brief proposal passed now, the Parliament of Catalonia calls upon the Catalan government to“initiate a dialogue” with the Spanish government “in order to facilitate holding a ballot consulting the citizens of Catalonia on their future.” ... read more

US Report: ”Spain’s inflexibility is troubling”

A report released by the Social Science research Network and used by the US Department of Justice addresses the legal aspects of the recent rise of separatism in Flanders, Scotland, and Catalonia. The paper argues that “under current conceptions of international law, Flanders, Scotland and Catalonia do not possess a right to statehood. But the changing nature of statehood in Europe adds a new dimension to the analysis of self-determination claims.” ... read more