31 jan 2016, 17:23

Demonstration against separation in Barcelona

BARCELONA –

With Spanish and European union flags in hand Sunday, thousands of people are against separatism demonstrated in Barcelona. Spain should be one country, was the message of the demonstrators. Separation of Catalonia, the wealthy region around Barcelona, is for them a specter.

Catalonia recently ruled by a coalition that in 2017 the independence hopes to evoke. The separatists have the majority in the regioparlement, but the issue divides the population. According to the organization of the demonstration put the government and the social cohesion” in the region on the game by sending on separation. The Spanish government in Madrid is also mordicus against.

Two national political parties, the Partido Popular and the Ciudadanos, expressed support for the demonstration. That took place for the Generaliteit of Catalonia, the regional government.