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Police clash with Catalan separatists ahead of independence vote anniversary

The Hanging Chain models of Antonio Gaudi, the Catalan architect.

On Saturday, Oriol Junqueras, one of nine Catalan leaders in pre trial jail since late last year, announced he would run in European Parliament elections next year.

According to Catalan authorities almost 1000 people were injured last year after police tried to stop the vote going ahead at polling stations across the region in violent clashes.

In Spain, there is a national debate about independence for Catalonia, where national identity is strengthened by the fact that the majority of the region s residents speak Catalan as well as Spanish. By contrast, only about 1 of Scots can speak Scottish Gaelic.

A state is far more likely to go to war to defend its unity. The United States and Spain did it in their civil wars, and today s Spain would go to the outer limits of its capacity to prevent a Catalan or Basque referendum, let alone independence.

But the Spanish parliament voted overwhelmingly against allowing the Catalan government to hold a referendum on independence, and the central government has said that such a vote would be unconstitutional. Artur Mas, President of Catalonia s regional government, has vowed to go ahead with a non binding referendum anyway.

Despite managing a vital if narrow victory in regional elections last December, Catalan pro independence parties have struggled to retain momentum this year with many of their best known leaders either in self imposed exile or in detention awaiting trial for their role in organizing the referendum and subsequent declaration of independence.

But the Italians had no chance in the final against Spain, the best team in the world, none of whose players opened their mouths during the Spanish anthem, Marcha Real which stands to reason, given that the Royal March nbsp has no lyrics. And, besides, the Catalonian players feel uncomfortable with the national anthem, which was much promoted under the late dictator Francisco Franco, who hated Catalan nationalism.