Catalan Parliament defends right to self-determination and rejects monarchy
Move comes days after Spanish Constitutional Court blocks motion to abolish monarchy
right to self-determination
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Nearly 1,000 people attend debate with Puigdemont in Geneva
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Independent expert proposes UN hold Catalan referendum
International law professor calls on intergovernmental body to mediate and monitor a vote on self-determination in Catalonia
International self-determination experts to analyze Catalan case
Barcelona hosts conference on July 13 and 14 with scholars from United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Slovenia and Denmark
Summit to organise independence referendum to be held on 23 December
The Catalan President, Carles Puigdemont, has summoned the members of the National Alliance for the Right to Self-Determination to meet on the 23rd of December to start organising the referendum on independence. The summit, in compliance with the resolutions adopted at the general policy debate in October, will be chaired by Puigdemont and the President of the Parliament, Carme Forcadell. As sources close to the presidency have told the Catalan News Agency, the meeting will be held in the Parliament just after it has given green light to the 2017 budget. The aim of the meeting is to find political and social consensus around the organisation of the referendum to be held next September 2017. According to the Spanish Government spokesman, Iñigo Méndez de Vigo, the meeting is a “symptom of unilateralism”, resulting from requests from “the radicals of the CUP”.
Catalonia protests against 9-N summonses
Citizens all across Catalonia expressed their opposition to Catalonia's Supreme Court's decision to summons President Artur Mas, Catalan Minister for Education Irene Rigau and former vice-president Joana Ortega for organising the 9-N symbolic vote. This Tuesday, after Rigau and Ortega appeared before the court, thousands of people gathered together in front of their respective town halls, showing their support for the summonsed and declaring themselves guilty for participating in the 9-N consultation. The protests were organised by Alliance for the Right to Self-Determination of Catalonia ('Pacte Nacional pel Dret a Decidir'), a group of 1,500 institutions, political parties, trade unions, business organisations, professional associations, NGOs, cultural organisations and political pressure groups that support the celebration of a referendum in Catalonia.