All eyes on Catalan election

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Series Details 23.11.12
Publication Date 23/11/2012
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In the election in Catalonia on the 25 November 2012 the electorate delivered a sweeping mandate to political parties pledging to hold a referendum on independence in elections that placed the northern Spanish region on a collision course with Madrid.

However, the ruling Convergència i Unió lost seats probably as a protest against its austerity measures and the economic situation, while more radical pro-independence parties gained ground, with Esquerra Republicana, a left-wing separatist party becoming the second largest party in the Catalan parliament for the first time.

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Catalan News Agency: Catalan Elections http://www.catalannewsagency.com/topic/Catalan%20Elections
CNA, 23.11.12: Catalans vote on Sunday focusing on the independence process after a tense campaign http://www.catalannewsagency.com/news/politics/catalans-vote-sunday-focusing-independence-process-after-tense-campaign
El País, 25.11.12: High turnout expected in Catalan election dogged by corruption controversy http://elpais.com/elpais/2012/11/25/inenglish/1353854732_094454.html
EurActiv, 26.11.12: Catalan election leaves separatist camp divided http://www.euractiv.com/elections/catalan-election-leaves-separati-news-516250
BBC News, 26.11.12: Spain regions: Catalonia nationalists win election http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20482719
Deutsche Welle, 26.11.12: Press review: Regional elections in Catalonia http://www.dw.de/press-review-regional-elections-in-catalonia/a-16405981
CNA, 26.11.12: Self-determination parties clearly win the Catalan elections but the governing CiU loses significant support http://www.catalannewsagency.com/news/politics/self-determination-parties-clearly-win-catalan-elections-governing-ciu-loses-significa
La Vanguardia, 26.11.12: Politics Member States Elections in Catalonia: Victory of the status quo (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/3079411-victory-status-quo
Spiegel Online International, 27.11.12: 'EU's Catalonian Headache Has Not Disappeared' http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/independence-push-in-catalonia-still-a-problem-say-commentators-a-869532.html
CIDOB: Spain in Focus, December 2012: Elections in Catalonia: Neither Here Nor There http://www.cidob.org/en/publications/articulos/spain_in_focus/december_2012/elections_in_catalonia_neither_here_nor_there

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