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Opinion
6 September 2015 2.00 h

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marcela topor. mtopor@cataloniatoday.cat

Catalonia's date with destiny approaches

Elec­tions for the Cata­lan par­lia­ment will take place on Sep­tem­ber 27. Yet they will be no or­di­nary elec­tions, but will serve as a plebiscite on the right to de­cide Cat­alo­nia's fu­ture. Thus, the main sov­er­eignty par­ties (Con­vergència and Es­querra Re­pub­li­cana), lesser po­lit­i­cal groups (Més, Rea­gru­pa­ment, Avancem) and the coun­try's main pro-in­de­pen­dence civic or­gan­i­sa­tions (As­sem­blea Na­cional and Òmnium Cul­tural) will stand to­gether on a sin­gle elec­toral list, Junts pel Sí. This coali­tion, along with the CUP can­di­dacy, are stand­ing on the sin­gle issue of sov­er­eignty, so that a vote for any of them is a vote for in­de­pen­dence. Above all, these pro-sov­er­eignty groups want to send a mes­sage to the in­ter­na­tional com­mu­nity about the de­sire for change in Cat­alo­nia.

On the other side, though not grouped to­gether, are those who de­fend re­main­ing part of Spain within the au­tonomous sys­tem: Par­tit Pop­u­lar, Ciu­tadans, PSC and Unió. In the mid­dle, de­fend­ing self-de­ter­mi­na­tion but only with the co­op­er­a­tion of the Span­ish gov­ern­ment, is a new po­lit­i­cal group, Catalunya Sí que es Pot, a mix of tra­di­tional par­ties, such as ICV, and emerg­ing forces, such as Podem. The cam­paign will be in­tense, as much is at stake: the fu­ture of Cat­alo­nia and its re­la­tion­ship with the Span­ish state.

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