Catalonia Protesters Demand De Facto Independence Vote
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Catalonia’s pro-independence protesters urged regional president Artur Mas to call elections as soon as possible and to use the results as a de facto referendum on breaking away from Spain.
“President, call elections,” Carme Forcadell, chairman of the National Catalan Assembly, told thousands of demonstrators who gathered in Barcelona’s Catalonia Square today. “President, we should start spring with a new parliament.”