Catalonia independence supporters flocked to the French town of Perpignan for a huge rally to listen to former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont speaking to them in person for the first time since his exile.
The small southern French town of Perpignan is located in what Catalan independence supporters consider to be Northern Catalonia. With a population of 120,000, Perpignan suddenly witnessed just as many Catalonians flooding its streets. The town, located just 30 kilometers from the French border with Spain, became the venue for an event featuring a speech by Carles Puigdemont, the former Catalan pro-independence leader who fled his home country following the ill-fated 2017 referendum.
Catalan separatist supporters hold Esteladas (Catalan separatist flags) during a rally in Perpignan, France, on February 29, 2020. © Reuters / Nacho Doce
Over 100,000 people joined the rally at a Perpignan Exhibition Center parking lot, according to various estimates. The organizers put the number at as many as 150,000. Some demonstrators went to the city the day before to not miss anything. The number of those trying to attend the event, organized by a group called the Council for the Catalan Republic and headed by Puigdemont himself, was so big that thousands of people were still stuck in traffic on the border when the exiled pro-independence leader was about to begin his speech.
Former Catalan regional leader Carles Puigdemont blows a kiss to the audience during a rally in Perpignan, France, on February 29, 2020. © Reuters / Nacho Doce
In his short address that lasted only about 12 minutes, Puigdemont took a jab at Madrid by saying that an independent Catalan Republic is the “only way out of a monarchy that descended directly from Francoism.”
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I don't thing he wishes to go where the real battle is played out, the mercenaries of the monarchy, be it from the "writting class" ( I don't use caligraphists as they lack knowledge of self expression) or the "raw warfare mercs".
The barons, lords, marquis and co and their minions and concubines have all to lose from the end of a monarchy.
I think it is well illustrated in the red sunrise over the frozen plains, hills and forests of russia... :) or during the transition from the feodal / imperial setting in China to modern Shynah.
Secondly, I don't think he addresses the issue of the EU... that's really problematic as he shouldn't but express as certain form of the will of the people. It's way simpler like in Crimooo... they chose Putin Russia.
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La monarquía reaccionara como siempre ha hecho frente a esta lucha de Cataluña para independizarse de el poder de la monarquía.
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It would have been a good cause except it's provoked by Israel, nothing good comes from this entity.
Either way, the reaction of Spain, and all of Europe to the people's self-determination rights as they prophecize for other countries like Syria and Iraq, but they block when it comes to their own countries for their own people.
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