- September 11th
- CATALONIA During National Day of Catalonia, 1.6 million people demonstration in Barcelona under the slogan "Catalonia, next European state". It was organized by Catalan National Assembly, a political, non-partisan movement. The President of the Catalan Parliament met with representatives from the Catalan National Assembly, who called for the process leading to secession from Spain to be started.
- SPAIN Spanish televisions hide the march between secondary news.
- September 12th
- EUROPE Le Monde wonders why Spanish mass media hid the amazing march in Barcelona.
- September 13th
- CATALONIA Artur Mas, president of center-right Catalan Government, changes his ordinary moderate tone in a lecture in Madrid: "We the people of Catalonia need a state".
- September 14th
- CATALONIA Mas meets with representative members of Catalan National Assembly: "Independence is moving faster".
- September 16th
- CATALONIA Public poll: 51% of Catalan population say yes to independence; 19% say no; 76% support a free referendum.
- SPAIN Spanish socialists (PSOE: main center-left party) are against independence. Catalan socialists (PSC-PSOE) back them.
- September 17th
- CATALONIA Xavier Sala i Martín, professor of Economics at Columbia University, responds to main unionist ideas against independence
- September 18th
- EUROPE Catalan pro-independence parties ask European Commission which are the next steps Catalonia has to take to become a new European state
- CATALONIA Two more medium municipalities, Vic and Tortosa, declare themselves independent territory.
- SPAIN King Juan Carlos I positions himself against independence. A kind of Iberian Commonwealth becomes impossible.
- SPAIN Spanish vice president argues against a tax agreement, against any reform and against independence
- September 19th
- WORLD The United States ambassador says debate about independence is admirable. He also values peaceful and democratic demonstration on September 11th
- SPAIN The Spanish minister of Justice says an independent Catalonia would be excluded from European Union forever
- September 20th
- SPAIN The Spanish Prime Minister officially rejects the tax agreement in a meeting with Catalan president Artur Mas
- CATALONIA Artur Mas is received in Barcelona (in Sant Jaume Square, in front of Catalan Government), with a lot of people calling for courage and independence. President Mas refuses speaking from balcony and comes into the square to thank them for their support (video 6' 42'', specially 0' 12'' - 0' 47'')
- September 21th
- CATALONIA Municipalities of Vic and Balaguer will only raise Catalan flag from now on
- September 22th
- SPAIN Some members of main Spanish conservative party (PP) say that elections in Catalonia would be illegal now. José María Aznar, former conservative Spanish president, says that nobody will break Spain
- WORLD Wolf Richter (Naked Capitalism): "Catalonia Cries for Independence While the Spanish Military Threatens To 'Crush' The 'Vultures'"
- September 24th
- SPAIN A Spanish veteran association calls Army to attack Catalonia
- September 25th
- CATALONIA President Mas calls for early elections on November 25th
- CATALONIA Catalan National Assembly considers Mas's speech at Parliament as a clear pro-independence speech
- CATALONIA Catalan priests say they are in favor of independence
- SPAIN Another Spanish military association says that soldiers must not have political ideas
- September 26th
- CATALONIA Mas, in Parliament: "I would like Catalonia to have the same power as any European state"
- September 27th
- CATALONIA Parliament passes a Resolution on Catalonia's right of self determination: 84 yes, 25 abstentions, 21 no
- CATALONIA The King visits Catalonia. He and president Mas inaugurate a Chinese investment in Barcelona port. Spanish government has not improved yet the train connection with the port, as was agreed.
- September 28th
- CATALONIA A wealthy editor says that he will go away from Catalonia if independence is declared
- EUROPE Alejo Vidal-Quadras, Spanish vice president in European Parliament, asks the Spanish gendarmerie (Guardia Civil) to stop Catalan process towards independence (you can read the reply by European deputy Ramon Tremosa: a letter, in English, sent to all members of Parliament)
- WORLD Meritxell Mir (USA Today): "As Spain sinks, many in Catalonia want out"
- September 30th
- CATALONIA A member of universities conference says that Catalan universities will improve with independence
- CATALONIA Catalan center-left leader Pere Navarro wins center-left conference. He says he is against independence.
- EUROPE Viviane Reding, vice president of European Comission, says, in an interview, that an independent Catalonia would not be automatically excluded from European Union
- October 1st
- EUROPE Kyle Spencer (Seeking Alpha): "It's Time For Madrid To Pay The Piper"
- October 2nd
- SPAIN Autonomous presidents conference in Madrid: Artur Mas refuses to be interviewed to preserve the unity of Spanish position about debt crisis
- WORLD Ricard Gonzalez and Jaume Clotet (New York Times): "Spanish Prisoners"
- October 3rd
- CATALONIA The Catalan minister of Economy, Andreu Mas-Collell, explains to main entrepreneurs that Catalonia needs a referendum very soon
- EUROPE The president of European Parliament rejects the vice president Vidal-Quadras's ideas: the values of European Union are freedom of speech and the right of people to demonstrate peacefully. He received 40.000 complains in 3 days.
- October 4th
- SPAIN Spanish Bishops Conference is against independence (17 yes, 4 abstentions, probably from Catalan bishops)
- October 5th
- CATALONIA Catalan bishops publish a note on the right to support any political option peacefully
- CATALONIA "Building a New State" Conference, in Barcelona (video 3' 32'' Daniel Turp, Juan José Ibatrretxe, subtitled in English) and Stephen Tierney
- EUROPE Report from BBC (6' 11''): "Will Catalonia say adios to Spain?"
- October 6th
- WORLD New York Times interviews Artur Mas: "Catalan Leader Boldly Grasps a Separatist Lever"
- SPAIN Felipe González, former center-left Spanish president, is against independence: "this process will provoke a dangerous frustration"
- October 7th
- CATALONIA Football match in Barcelona, Barça vs. Madrid (96.000 supporters in stadium, 400 million people over the world on television): outcry for independence in 17' 14'' when supporters remember Catalan defeat in 1714 ("in-, inde-, independència"). Spanish television censured this protest.
- CATALONIA The annual Tarragona human tower competition ends with an outcry for independence
- October 8th
- SPAIN Diplomatic actions: the minister of Spanish Foreign Office sends a letter complaining about vice president Viviane Reding's attitude (see above: September 30th). He asks European Commission for a common and definitive position
- SPAIN In Barcelona, The minister of Justice says that Catalonia has to respect Spanish Constitution
- EUROPE Montserrat Guibernau (The London School of Economics and Political Science blog), "Calls for independence in Catalonia are part of an evolution of Spain’s democracy that the country’s constitution may have to come to accommodate"
- October 9th
- CATALONIA Fundació Catalunya Estat, a Catalan think tank, publishes a clear and comprehensive relation of questions and answers about independence
- SPAIN Congress votes against a Catalan referendum: 276 no, 42 yes.
- October 10th
- CATALONIA Poll about next elections: 74% want a referendum; Artur Mas's CiU, center-right party, almost reaches half of deputies; meanwhile, PSC-PSOE, center-left party, sinks (60% of PSC-PSOE voters want also a referendum)
- CATALONIA All municipalities in central regions of Catalonia have already voted for independence
- October 11th
- CATALONIA 53% of members of an important industrial association say yes to independence
- CATALONIA PSC-PSOE, left-center main party in Catalonia, splits. Some former ministers and main politicians leave the party and support Catalonia's right of self determination
- CATALONIA A manifesto for progressive and federalist politics is published. The document attacks Artur Mas and Spanish conservatives. It prefers trying to reform Constitution rather than independence
- CATALONIA Just before Spanish national day, a big independentist Catalan flag is made of thousands of kindles, in Vic's Central Square (video, 2' 12'': "Encén la flama", "Kindle the Flame")
- SPAIN The Spanish minister of Education says he want to "hispanize" Catalan pupils
- SPAIN Supreme Court allows civil servants in Catalan municipalities to ignore Catalan language
- October 12th
- CATALONIA During Spanish national day, 6.000 people concentrate in Barcelona supporting union with Spain.
- CATALONIA Some schools and factories decide to work in Spanish national day
- CATALONIA Conservative and prudent newspaper La Vanguardia, from Barcelona, publishes an extensive interview to Artur Mas, by Jordi Barbeta.
- October 13th
- WORLD Edward Cody (The Washington Post): "In Spain, separatist fever rises in time of crisis" [two parts]
- October 15th
- CATALONIA Artur Mas: "If Spain does not allow us to organize a referendum, we will appeal to European court"
- CATALONIA A former Spanish minister of Industry says he cannot stand listening people talk about independence instead of working against crisis
- SPAIN The president of Constitutional Court claims that all Spaniards should be allowed to vote in a Catalan referendum
- EUROPE Agreement between the United Kingdom Government and the Scottish Government on a referendum on independence for Scotland
- EUROPE The European Commission does not agree with Spain (see above: October 8th): it will not say anything about independence until the proper moment
- EUROPE Giles Tremlet (The Guardian): "Catalonia leader threatens to draw EU into independence row with Spain"
- SPAIN The Spanish minister of Justice says that Mas would be a criminal if he organizes a referendum
- October 16th
- SPAIN All main newspapers in Madrid avoid news about agreement between the United Kingdom Governement and the Scottish Government in first page
- WORLD Bloomberg main article: The Catalan right to organize a referendum must be warranted
- October 17th
- EUROPE Artur Mas sends a letter to Cameron and a letter to Salmond in order to thank them for their extraordinary example to the world
- EUROPE Artur Mas presents Photonic Science Institute to consuls in Barcelona
- October 18th
- CATALONIA Antoni Castells, former Catalan minister of Economy and member of left-center party PSC-PSOE, says he is in favor of independence
- EUROPE Martin Kelly (Newsnet Scotland): "European Commission changes Vice President’s Catalonia remarks after pressure from Madrid"
- October 19th
- WORLD CNN video (4' 30''): "Should Catalonia seek independence?".
- October 21th
- SPAIN Sunday, prime time: first full interview with Artur Mas in a Spanish TV since September 11th, by awarded journalist Jordi Évole, achieves a 13,7% share, a great hit for Évole's program Salvados (video, in Spanish: 51').
- October 22th
- EUROPE Four members of European Parlament send a letter to vice president Viviane Reding. They ask for avoiding in public debate any military threat as a means of resolving the political conflict.
- EUROPE European Commission’s vice-president, Joaquín Almunia, a fierce opponent of Catalan independence, cautions against making “categorical” claims an independent Scotland or Catalonia would not be a member of the EU.
- October 23th
- EUROPE At the Strasbourg plenary, Dutch Member of European Parliament (MEP) Derk J. Eppink, vice-chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group, asks vice president Vidal-Quadras to apologize and resign. "Let the Catalonians decide their own future. That is the way: not the army, democracy!" (video 3' 26''). In response to a Spanish MEP, he makes the point that he is not interferring internal affairs of Spain but he does not approve the suggestion that the Army should be send to a province.
- October 24th
- CATALONIA More than 600 municipalities have already voted for independence (64% of municipalities, 37% of population).
- EUROPE Maria Badia, member of European Parliament who sent the letter on 22th (above) is forced to resign by her own party (PSC-PSOE).
- EUROPE David Gardner (Financial Times), "Catalonia looks to Scots for inspiration".
- EUROPE Bob Hancké (The London School of Economics and Political Science blog), "As member states have to negotiate both externally with the EU and internally with their own regions, European integration is reaching a point of exhaustion.".
- October 25th
- CATALONIA Public poll: 57% of Catalan population say yes to independence; 35% say no.
- CATALONIA 40 professional associations support publicly independence process (Economists, Architects, Doctors, Engineers, Nurses, Veterinary, Geologists, Dentists, Journalists...).
- EUROPE An interview with Ramon Tremosa, member of European Parliament.
- October 26th
- CATALONIA Spanish Navy forces fish boats in Roses to return to port because they did not use Spanish flag.
- EUROPE Alex White & Raphael Brun-Aguerre (Economic Research Global Data Watch, by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A, London Branch), "Catalan challenge asks real questions of Europe" (PDF: 5 pages).
- October 28th
- CATALONIA La Vanguardia, an important, conservative and prudent newspaper from Barcelona, publishes a long editorial about self determination (editorial "Politics, Dialogue and Boldness", in Spanish). It says that 'Catalonia is a nation', against Spanish official position. It also includes last poll: 81% want a referendum, 53% say yes to independence (35%, no).
- CATALONIA Pere Navarro, center-left Catalan leader (PSC-PSOE), presents his program: a federalist alternative plus a constitutional reform that will allow a referendum. They will vote no to independence.
- October 29th
- SPAIN Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, center-left Spanish leader (PSOE), publicly refuses a referendum in Catalonia, against PSC-PSOE program.
- WORLD Matt Moffett (The Wall Street Journal), "Europe's Crisis Spawns Calls for a Breakup—of Spain"
- EUROPE Jeremy Smith (Prime: Policy Research in Macroeconomics), "Pain in Spain and the Catalan Crisis"
- October 30th
- CATALONIA Catalan chancellors from public universities publicly support a free referendum
- October 31th
- EUROPE Parliament of the United Kingdom: "HC 643 The foreign policy implications of and for a separate Scotland", a report by Graham Avery, Senior Adviser at the European Policy Centre, Brussels, and Honorary Director-General of the European Commission.
- CATALONIA Francesc Homs, as spokesman of Catalan Government, explains for the first time the path to independence after elections on November 25th, on the condition that pro-independence parties obtain a large majority.
- SPAIN Central Electoral Commission forbids Catalan institutional campaign about elections because its main TV spot calls for participation and contains some images from September 11th march. Its motto is "I voted" ("Jo vaig votar"); it presents next elections as a great historical moment.
- WORLD Washington Post, "Scottish independence vote is part of a worrying trend"
- November 1st
- EUROPE Ryan Barnes (European Affairs), "Catalonia and the Rise of Economic Separatism in Europe"
- WORLD Robert Young (The New York Times), "The Inconvenient Truth About Seceding States"
- November 2nd
- CATALONIA Josep Antoni Duran, leader of Democratic Union of Catalonia (the Christian democratic party which is federated with Mas's party, Democratic Convergence of Catalonia), begins a series of antiindependence statements: "I cannot imagine Catalonia without Spain".
- November 3rd
- CATALONIA Poll: 72% support a referendum, 52% will say yes, 48% believe Artur Mas will keep the struggle until the end (75% among pro-independence voters), 72% expect a strong opposition from Spain
- SPAIN 300 Spanish intellectuals present a manifesto against independence, published by El País (full text, in Spanish). Although, it diverges in one point from main Spanish political parties: "If that feeling [the feeling of independence] is so mainstream and so contrary, in an irreducible and permanent way, to the maintenance of our institutions, our democratic conviction will force the rest of Spaniards to take it into consideration and find a proper and respectful solution. Citizens of Catalonia must know that this is our unwavering commitment."
- November 4th
- EUROPE Phillip Plickert (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung): "Katalonische Unabhängigkeitsforderung: Ein neuer Staat in Europa?"
- November 6th
- WORLD 16,000 Catalans who live abroad, from a 150,000 population, will be allowed to vote, among complains about Spanish diplomatic negligence
- WORLD "A trip to Barcelona", an insightful video (6' 03'') by Sharif, a New Yorker
- SPAIN 800 Galician intellectuals present a manifesto for Catalonia's right to decide (full text, in Galician)
- November 7th
- EUROPE Catalan president Artur Mas in Brussels
- EUROPE Ian Traynor (The Guardian): "Catalan leader Artur Mas presses EU on secession issue"
- WORLD Gabriele Steinhauser (Wall Street Journal Blogs): "Mas Power for Catalonia"
- CATALONIA Catalan National Assembly and main trade unions in Catalonia present a manifesto for the right to decide. This is a global crisis, but it is getting worse because of the lack of any tax agreement with Spain and the lack of sovereignty.
- CATALONIA Barcelona's Chamber of Commerce: 62% of entrepreneurs are pro-independence.
- November 8th
- SPAIN Poll about next elections (between October 9th and October 29th): Artur Mas's CiU, center-right party, does not reach absolute majority; pro-independence parties can obtain 92-93 deputies (there are 135 deputies in Catalan Parliament); center-left unionist party, PSC-PSOE, sinks, from 28 deputies to 19, but it keeps second place; center-left pro-independence party, ERC, increases from 10 deputies to 17.
- CATALONIA Poll about next elections (between October 22th and October 31th) Artur Mas's CiU, center-right party, reaches absolute majority; pro-independence parties can obtain 93-98 deputies (135 deputies in Parliament); yes to independence increases until 57% (from 45% a year before); no to independence, 21% (abstentions, 14%); center-left unionist party, PSC-PSOE, sinks, from 28 deputies to 15.
- November 9th
- CATALONIA Electoral campaign begins.
- CATALONIA "Cauen els murs (The Walls Come Down)" (2' 04''): a video calls for massive support to independence by comparing Catalonia's movement with the fall of the Wall in Berlin (November 9th, 1989).
- SPAIN 40 Spanish intellectuals present a manifesto for Catalonia's right to decide, published by Público (full text, in Spanish).
- EUROPE Catalan members of European Parliament submit a question to European Commission concerning Spanish diplomatic negligence (only 16,000 Catalans who live abroad, from a 150,000 population, will be allowed to vote, due to bureaucratic difficulties).
- EUROPE EU allocates €63 million to bring Kosovo closer to Europe (press relesase, PDF). European Commission was authorized to initiate talks with Kosovo on March 22th (a vote was won by 522 to 110; only Spain and France opposed).
- November 10th
- EUROPE Viviane Reding, vice president of European Commission, says, in a public meeting in Berlin, that an independent Catalonia would be excluded from European Union (see above September 30th, October 8th and October 15th).
- November 13th
- EUROPE José Manuel Durao Barroso, president of European Commission, answers a question in European Parliament: European Commission will not decide about the inclusion of a new state until the proper moment (see above September 30th, October 8th, October 15th and November 10th).
- WORLD Bloomberg interviews Joan Vidal de Ciurana, chief-of-staff of the regional Catalan government (3' 56''): "Catalonia would weigh independence outside European Union".
- November 14th
- CATALONIA Col·lectiu Emma publishes "What the elections in Catalonia are really about" (also in Arabic, Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish).
- CATALONIA Cultural associations publish a manifesto for Catalonia's right to decide.
- EUROPE First pan-european general strike in order to protest against the harsh austerity measures implemented by national governments in response to the financial crisis.
- November 15th
- CATALONIA Col·lectiu Wilson: an academical contribution to the current debate on self-determination in Catalonia in order to help its citizens decide their own future, free from fear or unfounded threats.
- WORLD "Someday We'll All Be Free", another brilliant video (6' 27'') by Sharif, a New Yorker
- November 16th
- SPAIN El Mundo, a conservative newspaper, accuses Artur Mas of getting rich illegally. Artur Mas answers: he will sue the newspaper for libel.
- CATALONIA Catalan President Mas Campaign Rally Speech in Vic (video 7' 41'', with subtitles in English)
- EUROPE Ferran Requejo (La Vanguardia): "Catalonia, Scotland and the EU".
- November 18th
- CATALONIA Polls about next elections: Artur Mas's CiU, center-right party, does not reach half of deputies; ERC, center-left pro-independence party, may double its representation and may advance unionist parties; PSC-PSOE, center-left unionist party, sinks. Pro-independence parties can obtain 93 deputies (there are 135 deputies in Catalan Parliament).
- November 19th
- EUROPE The Guardian, "Barça-loners: Will breakaway Catalonia fracture Spain?", first five articles.
- CATALONIA Maur Esteva, abbot of Poblet: "Defending our own language, our own culture, and thus our nation, with all our strength, in order to be a sovereign state, is an act of justice".
- November 20th
- EUROPE James Mackintosh (Financial Times), "Catalonia: the cost of independence" (video: 4' 23'').
- November 21th
- EUROPE BBC, "Viewpoints: Independence for Catalonia", three pro-independence figures and 3 anti-independence ones.
- November 22th
- CATALONIA Voting process practically impossible for more than 100,000 Catalans abroad.
- SPAIN Spanish Police say they did not create a report on Catalan President, flatly denying El Mundo allegations (see above: November 16th). The Spanish ministers of State and Treasury are required to explain their position in the Congress of Deputies, but the petition is refused.
- November 25th
- CATALONIA Elections.
- November 27th
- CATALONIA Mapping the Catalan Election results. Pro-referendum parties win.
- WORLD Walter Russell Mead (The American Interest: Via Meadia: Walter Russell Mead's Blog) "Catalonia Tilts Towards Independence As Madrid Spins".
- WORLD The Atlantic interviews Ferran Requejo, a professor of political science at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona: "Reading the Elections in Catalonia: Will This Mean the End of Spain?".
- November 28th
- EUROPE Joan Costa i Font (The London School of Economics and Political Science blog), "Sunday’s election confirms that a majority of Catalans support independence, but there are deep divisions over what an independent Catalonia should look like".
- WORLD Casey B. Mulligan (The New York Times), "A Time for More Nations" (some days later, Sharif Corinaldi reads the article to a beautiful newborn child and produces another amazing video)
- November 29th
- CATALONIA Republican Left of Catalonia proposes a referendum on September 2013. It is a pro-independence party, with 21 deputies, the second party in the new Parliament.
- November 30th
- EUROPE Montserrat Guibernau (The London School of Economics and Political Science blog), "Unless Catalan parties can work together, there is a danger that Catalonia could soon become ungovernable".
- December 3rd
- CATALONIA Josep Maria Vila d'Abadal, mayor of Vic and leader of the Association of Municipalities for Independence, leaves Democratic Union of Catalonia, rejecting its new antiindependence position.
- WORLD Gary S. Becker, Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences: "Breakup of Countries: No Economic Disaster".
- December 4th
- CATALONIA Liz Castro, "Catalan government rejects Spanish plan against language immersion".
- SPAIN Irene Rigau, Catalan minister of Education, leaves a conference meeting on education in Madrid to express her opposition to the motion against Catalan schools. She says that the proposals presented are “not negotiable” for the Catalans.
- WORLD Less than 10,000 Catalans who live abroad, from a 156,000 population, were allowed to vote, due to bureaucratic difficulties: a report states that the majority of these voters are pro-independence voters.
- December 5th
- EUROPE Fiona Govan (The Telegraph), "Catalans protest 'return to Franco' as schools are told to teach more Spanish".
- December 6th
- CATALONIA During Spanish Constitution Day, 7,000 people march in Barcelona supporting union with Spain.
- December 7th
- CATALONIA A new popular campaign begins: "Keep Calm and Speak Catalan" --"Keep Calm and Carry On" was a propaganda poster produced by the British government in 1939 during the beginning of the Second World War, intended to raise the morale of the British public in the event of a Nazi invasion of the UK.
- December 10th
- CATALONIA People in more than 60 municipalities demonstrate at night against Spanish plan on education, under the motto "A country for everybody, school in Catalan". The demonstration in Barcelona achieves thousands of people in Sant Jaume Square, calling for independence. President Artur Mas receives Som Escola (We Are School), a commission of teachers, artists and civil rights activists.
- SPAIN Two young students, Ismael and Amparo from València, reject Spanish plan against Catalan language in schools in an official meeting about human rights in Spanish Congress.
- EUROPE Ramon Tremosa, member of European Parliament, warns about the Spanish attack to the Catalan language in schools (video, 1' 03'')
- EUROPE Severin Carrell (The Guardian), "Scotland calls for urgent talks over EU membership".
- EUROPE Lorraine Ryan (University of Birmingham), "Catalonia's Quest for Independence".
- WORLD R.L.G. (The Economist), "A Spanish own goal".
- December 11th
- CATALONIA Girona is the first main city of a Catalan province that declares herself independent territory (Catalonia was divided in four provinces by Spain in 1833).
- EUROPE Liz Castro (News Catalonia blog), "European Parliament approves European-wide unitary patent; Spain opts out for linguistic reasons (!)". Ramon Tremosa, member of European Parliament, decries Spain's self-exclusion from the agreement and points out that 30% of the State's patents come from Catalonia.
- December 12th
- CATALONIA President Mas holds general meeting with parties that support language immersion and reject Spanish plan. These parties have 107 deputies (there are 135 deputies in Catalan Parliament)
- SPAIN Strong opposition by Catalan deputies in Spanish Congress against the plan on education (a photograph): "Don't touch our children
- EUROPE Braden Phillips (Reuters), "Spain education plan stokes tensions with restive Catalonia".
- December 14th
- EUROPE Giles Tremlett (The Guardian), "Catalonia joins Scotland in push for 2014 independence vote".
- EUROPE Braden Phillips (Reuters), "Spain education plan stokes tensions with restive Catalonia".
- December 15th
- CATALONIA Catalan National Assembly calls for center-right and center-left pro-independence parties to work out an agreement.
- December 17th
- CATALONIA "The beauty of dreams", by Frankly, a translation of an abbreviated version of the inspiring address delivered by Núria de Gispert (of the governing pro-independence Convergence and Union party) following her re-election as Presiding Officer of the Catalan Parliament at the first meeting of its new session.
- December 18th
- December 19th
- SPAIN Spanish Ministry of Education does not accept any change to its plan against Catalan schools.
- SPAIN Ciaran Giles (Montreal Gazette), "Deputy PM says Spain has sufficient laws to halt planned Catalonian independence referendum".
- EUROPE Braden Phillips (Reuters), "Catalan separatists push referendum, Madrid will try to block".
- WORLD Walter Russell Mead (The American Interest: Via Meadia: Walter Russell Mead's Blog) "Spain on Track for Major Crisis in 2014".
- December 20th
- CATALONIA PSC-PSOE, center-left party (20 deputies in Parliament), will abstain in future decisions about independence. This position reduces even more the strength of antiindependece parties (there are 135 deputies in Catalan Parliament and there are only 28 deputies against independence).
- SPAIN Spanish Government begins actions against some municipalities that declared they were free Catalan territory: Girona, Celrà.
- December 21th
- CATALONIA Artur Mas is reelected president by Catalan Parliament in the first round: "The country is focused on the right to self-determination and has demanded that we come together to design a proper roadmap that will lead us there" (quotes and analysis from the web Help Catalonia). 71 deputies support him, from the two top parties, center-right party Convergence and Union and center-left party Republican Left (nice photos by Jordi Borràs)
- SPAIN A top leader from PSOE, Spanish center-left party, warns Catalan PSC-PSOE: they will not tolerate any abstention favoring the right to decide.
- December 22th
- EUROPE Matthew Harris (The Times) "How to lose regions and alienate peoples".
- December 23th
- CATALONIA Interesting poll in Diari Ara: 80% of Convergencia and Union and Republican Left voters support the agreement between both parties, and only 3% are against it. 40% of center-left party PSC-PSOE voters support independence.
- SPAIN José Manuel Romero (El País, in English) "Police chiefs using extra-legal methods to attack Catalan politicians".
- December 24th
- CATALONIA Artur Mas begins his new term as 129th president of Catalonia. Spanish Government sends a Minister, who sits between main guests and does not preside the ceremony for the first time. The Spanish King picture is covered with a black curtain. Arthur Mas's oath: "I will execute my duties with full loyalty to Catalan people".
- WORLD James Hertling (Business Week), "Mas Sworn in as Catalan President, Starting Independence Battle".
- December 26th
- CATALONIA Saint Stephen Concert, at Palace of Catalan Music: one more outcry for independence (video: 4' 16'').
- December 30th
- BALEARIC ISLANDS Pro-independence rally in Palma (Majorca): video 4' 16''.
- December 31th
- EUROPE BBC News, "Catalan leader Mas urges separatism in New Year speech".
- January 3rd
- CATALONIA The Catalunya Diu Prou (Catalonia Says 'Enough') platform files class action on behalf of Catalans living outside of the Spanish State and were unable to vote in the elections last 25 November (see above: November 6th, 9th and 22nd and December 4th).
- WORLD David Román (The Wall Street Journal), "Spain Drains Fund Backing Pensions".
- January 6th
- SPAIN Day of Spanish Army: the Minister of Defence states that the army is ready and urges its members not to fall for provocations.
- January 7th
- EUROPE Clare Kane (Reuters), "Spanish regions angry at 'provocative' defense minister speech".
- January 8th
- CATALONIA The Prince of Spain, the Spanish president and the president of Catalonia met at the inauguration of the high-speed rail that connects Barcelona and Figueres, near the French border. Artur Mas claims that this rail was expected to be build many years before; Spain is underfunding Catalonia
- WORLD Sean Aday (The Institute of Public Diplomacy and Global Communication Blog) "Catalan Independence and Sub-State Public Diplomacy".
- January 9th
- CATALONIA An official poll from Barcelona City Council, made in December: pro-independence parties increase votes in Barcelona and win.
2012-10-19
A detailed chronology, in progress
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