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Catalans vow to hold referendum on Spain independence 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".
The Spanish government says it will take Catalonia to the constitutional court for continuing to prepare for the referendum. Spain's constitutional court said on Monday it would review the legality of the ballot, effectively suspending it.
The court declared on Monday it would review the legality of the referendum. Spain says it will go back to the court to seek a ban on the commission set up to supervise the referendum.
The move effectively suspended the vote. 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.