Catalonia Reborn by Chris Bambery and George Kerevan sampler
2017 saw Catalonia come under the world’s spotlight as it again fought for independence and the preservation and protection of its unique Catalan culture. Answering the questions and complications behind the fight for Catalonian Independence, Catalonia Reborn is a detailed guide to the region’s political, historical and cultural issues. For the layman as well as the expert, it takes the reader through the rich history of Catalonia – its language, culture and political background – to the present day, covering defining eras of the region from Franco’s dictatorship to the 2017 independence referendum and elections.
2017 saw Catalonia come under the world’s spotlight as it again fought for independence and the preservation and protection of its unique Catalan culture. Answering the questions and complications behind the fight for Catalonian Independence, Catalonia Reborn is a detailed guide to the region’s political, historical and cultural issues. For the layman as well as the expert, it takes the reader through the rich history of Catalonia – its language, culture and political background – to the present day, covering defining eras of the region from Franco’s dictatorship to the 2017 independence referendum and elections.
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catalonia reborn<br />
Catalan Parliament. Puigdemont <strong>and</strong> Catalan ministers escape into exile in<br />
Belgium.<br />
7 December: Over 50,000 Catalans come to Brussels in solidarity with Puigdemont<br />
<strong>and</strong> to dem<strong>and</strong> the EU intervenes in <strong>Catalonia</strong>. EU ignores.<br />
21 December: Pro-independence parties win narrow majority in election.<br />
2018 –<br />
January 2018 – Three jailed Catalan independence leaders – Oriol Junqueras,<br />
Jordi Sànchez <strong>and</strong> Jordi Cuixart – file a complaint with the United Nations,<br />
saying their imprisonment in Spain breaks international law.<br />
March 2018 – The pro-independence majority in the Catalan parliament are<br />
unable to elect Jordi Sànchez as president after the Spanish Supreme Court<br />
refused to free him from prison so he could attend the session.<br />
A third attempt to elect a new president collapses after a proposal to install<br />
Jordi Turull was defeated <strong>by</strong> 65 votes against 64.<br />
Spain’s Supreme Court plans to try 13 Catalan independence leaders on<br />
charges of rebellion.<br />
April 2018 – Carles Puigdemont arrested <strong>by</strong> German police after crossing<br />
the border en route to Belgium after Spain secured a European arrest warrant<br />
while he was visiting Finl<strong>and</strong>. A German court releases him on bail<br />
saying the charge of violent rebellion was inadmissible.<br />
Seven activists from the grassroots Committees for the Defence of the Republic<br />
are arrested following their campaign of non-violent civil disobedience.<br />
Hundreds of thous<strong>and</strong>s take to the streets of Barcelona on Sunday 15 April<br />
to dem<strong>and</strong> freedom for Catalan political prisoners under the slogan ‘Us<br />
Volem a Casa’ (‘We want you home’).<br />
May 2018 – Jordi Cuixart, Jordi Sànchez, Oriol Junqueras, Joaquim Forn,<br />
Dolors Bassa, Carme Forcadell, Raül Romeva, Josep Rull <strong>and</strong> Jordi Turull<br />
remain in Spanish prisons; Carles Puigdemont is in exile in Germany awaiting<br />
trial; Clara Ponsati awaits a Scottish court decision on the validity of<br />
the European Arrest Warrant; <strong>and</strong> Meritxell Serret, Antoni Comín <strong>and</strong> Lluís<br />
Puig remain in Belgium.<br />
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