Catalan Election Results Threaten to Rock the EU
SputnikNews.com
28.09.2015
Pro-independence parties are celebrating in Catalonia after winning an absolute majority in regional elections. Crowds are chanting “invincible, invincible” and dancing in the streets, expressing their desire for independence, while EU leaders play down the potential for a Catalexit.
The main pro-independence party, the Junts per Si won 72 seats and the smaller nationalist CUP party won 10 seats in the regional parliament. The party leaders will now proceed with their promise to create an independent Catalan state.
“We have won”, regional President Artus Mas told his supporters who has vowed to separate from Spain within 18 months. But only 47 percent of the votes were cast for pro-independence parties, suggesting a future referendum may not automatically lead to victory.
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