The Catalan independence movement is a political movement that emerged from Catalan nationalism that is mainly dedicated to the support of the independence of Catalonia from Spain and France. This feeling is brought by the dictatorial times of Franco who attempted to suppress the Catalan identity. To give a more geographical sense of Catalonia, it is a roughly triangular region in Spain's far northeast corner, which is separated by the Pyrenean mountains from southern France to which they share close historical ties. (BBC News)
Most of the Catalans are allocated in Barcelona where there is a vital political and economical core along with a popular European travel destination. There are further activities for tourists such a hitchhiking through …show more content…
Furthermore, there has been a change in Catalan nationalism because of the disappointment of Spain and their ignorance of their attempt to be independent. The Catalans are tired of justifying Catalonia’s national status and language, therefore, have abandoned all hope that the rest of Spain will listen and understand their concerns within a multinational Spanish state from a political, cultural and economic perspective(CNN). In addition, Catalan nationalism has been seeking agreements with the Spanish nationalists for about 15 years now, in the attempt to stabilize a place for the Catalan nation within the Spanish state. However, this doesn’t change the fact that independence supporters still exist but they are mostly a minority group within the Catalonian society. According to the last election on October 2013, conducted by the Catalan Statistics Institute, 57% of Catalan citizens would vote for the independence in a hypothetical referendum. (RT News) Recent political movements by Spanish nationalists have demonstrated the first three reasons. One being that the economic crisis has emphasized the injustice of their economic growth since now Catalonia cannot pay for its basic services and has one of the largest debts among the
Most of the Catalans are allocated in Barcelona where there is a vital political and economical core along with a popular European travel destination. There are further activities for tourists such a hitchhiking through …show more content…
Furthermore, there has been a change in Catalan nationalism because of the disappointment of Spain and their ignorance of their attempt to be independent. The Catalans are tired of justifying Catalonia’s national status and language, therefore, have abandoned all hope that the rest of Spain will listen and understand their concerns within a multinational Spanish state from a political, cultural and economic perspective(CNN). In addition, Catalan nationalism has been seeking agreements with the Spanish nationalists for about 15 years now, in the attempt to stabilize a place for the Catalan nation within the Spanish state. However, this doesn’t change the fact that independence supporters still exist but they are mostly a minority group within the Catalonian society. According to the last election on October 2013, conducted by the Catalan Statistics Institute, 57% of Catalan citizens would vote for the independence in a hypothetical referendum. (RT News) Recent political movements by Spanish nationalists have demonstrated the first three reasons. One being that the economic crisis has emphasized the injustice of their economic growth since now Catalonia cannot pay for its basic services and has one of the largest debts among the