Over a million protest against 'declaration of independence'
Sunday, October 29, 2017 @ 11:41 PM
AN ESTIMATED 1.1 million people have hit the streets of Barcelona today (Sunday) to protest against the now-ex Catalunya regional government's unilateral declaration of independence.
This is the second demonstration in a matter of weeks organised by the Catalunya Civil Society (Societat Civil Catalana, or SCC) calling for Spain's unity to be protected – the previous protest took place in Barcelona on October 8, a week after the disputed independence referendum.
In practice, the declaration, or UDI, means nothing, since not one country or international organisation has as yet stated it would recognise Catalunya as a separate country, and within 30 minutes of the secession announcement, Spain's national government triggered Article 155 of the Constitution, placing the region under State rule.
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