Controversy On Catalans

Catalans are Spanish citizens in the Catalonia autonomous community. They have their own government, security, culture, and language, yet they are still apart of Spain causing much controversy in both Spain and Catalonia. Also, Catalans have been fighting for independence for years and try to set up a referendum or a direct vote for independence within Catalonia. Yet, the Spanish government had to consider if it was against laws. On October 1, the Spanish government ruled it as unlawful yet, over 2 million people voted in the referendum (90% voted for independence and Catalonia has a population over 7 million) and the police try to stop it. This caused a protest to happen in Catalonia, yet the protest was spilt between those who were for it and those against it.
This article shows that not all Catalans are for independence (only “43%” are) and most people are actually to keep Spain together due to them being both “Catalan and Spanish”, but there is still debate whether to be independent or not, and whether having a referendum or to not have one. The relevancy of this article is due to the fact that this happened only a few days ago and if it was ruled as being legal we could of have 196 instead of 195