“What Catalans Want” is a book of interviews, made by Catalan MP and writer Toni Strubell, to relevant people from all aspects of Catalan society. From former President Jordi Pujol to economists such as Xavier Sala-i-Martin or Germà Bel. University professors like Salvador Cardús, former FC Barcelona President turned into politician Joan Laporta or former Barça player Oleguer Presas. Also people in the media business like Vicent Partal or Vicent Sanchís and others who, thanks to having taken active part in recent history, have a clear view of the best …

The CEO, the department for opinion studies of the Catalan Government, has just published the results of the latest poll. It asks for the first time about what would voters do in a referendum of independence.
The results confirm what similar polls (like here) made in the last two years said, a clear win for Catalonia’s independence. 42.9% votes to yes, 28.2% no, 23.3% abstention and 4.4% doesn’t know. Meaning the yes would have a 60% support against a 40% for the no.
The link to the full report can be …

This is the best video I’ve seen so far on the conflict between Catalonia and Spain, and it’s in english! Perfectly summarized.

SPAIN’S SECRET CONFLICT from Jordi SF on Vimeo.

Matthew Tree’s articles have helped more than I’ll ever be able to thank him to find ways of explaining Catalonia to people from other countries. Being English born and, as he describes himself in the book, an adopted Catalan (I’d say he’s just as Catalan as you can be) has given him a unique point of view, which combined with curiosity to learn about the country where he lives and a strong sense of justice have produced this book as a result.
Matthew has lived in Catalonia for 24 years and …

I found this through NacioDigital (Link in Catalan). At the Spanish Parliament this afternoon Ricardo Tarno, an irated member of Spanish party PP walked up to José Bono, the president of the Spanish Parliament, shouting that was “intolerable” to speak Catalan there and urging Bono to stop Catalan deputy Joan Tardà as he tried to speak in Catalan part of his speech when discussing a law proposal to allow languages other than Castillian (Spanish) in the Spanish Parliament. José Bono afterwards reminded Joan Tardà cynically that “if you want Catalan …