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Catalans vow to hold referendum on independence from Spain | |
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Leaders in Catalonia have agreed to push ahead with a referendum on independence on 9 November, defying legal blocks by the Spanish government. | Leaders in Catalonia have agreed to push ahead with a referendum on independence on 9 November, defying legal blocks by the Spanish government. |
A regional spokesman said they would press ahead so that "citizens can exercise their right to vote". | A regional spokesman said they would press ahead so that "citizens can exercise their right to vote". |
Spain's constitutional court said on Monday it would review the legality of the ballot, effectively suspending it. | |
Spain says it will go back to the court to seek a ban on the commission set up to supervise the referendum. | |
The commission was set up on Thursday by the leader of Catalonia, Artur Mas. | |
And on Friday, Mr Mas and the representatives of the four parliamentary groups that support self-determination reiterated their intention to press ahead. | |
Catalonia's 7.5 million inhabitants make up approximately 16% of the Spanish population. | |
It is one of Spain's richest and most highly industrialised regions, as well as one of its most independent-minded. |