Catalonia election again

Anyone that pays attention to the news will already know about this, but Catalonia is having an election today that could be very consequential.

On a related note, one of the reasons I haven't really given Catalan much attention (besides a general liking of it) is that it isn't officially spoken by a country besides Andorra. Were it to have been a country since I was born I could see myself having learned it before a large number of other Romance languages, since it's the one with the most in common with all the others. Like the Slovak of Romance languages, or a naturally occurring pan-Romance IAL.

That said, since I've never been to Spain or Catalonia I'll just refrain from giving a preference on today's outcome.

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What will happen to Catalonia?

Two or so weeks ago the poll on what readers think Catalonia should do ended, and it was surprisingly close to the actual results of the referendum / consultation:

Yes, I want Catalonia to become a State, and for it to be independent.	80 (57%)
Yes, I want Catalonia to become a State, but not independent.	25 (18%)
No, I do not want Catalonia to become a State.	33 (23%)

Nombre de votes jusqu'à présent : 138

So that was quite interesting. Now the consultation is over and Spain is not happy with the results, calling it a illegal, a waste of time, a clear sign that support for independence is low (taking into account the overall turnout), etc.

Okay, so one more question on Catalonia. What *will* happen to Catalonia? Will it stay in Spain, leave it, leave it and violence will occure, etc. etc. Sometimes referendums/a occur where independence later happens, but sometimes there are votes for independence that just end up with some extra automony and everyone decides that this is actually a fine state of affairs after all. Make your predictions!

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Catalonia independence referendum poll now up

The poll on the right has three answers because that's what the referendum/consultation in Catalonia is going to have.

• Yes, I want Catalonia to become a State, and for it to be independent.
• Yes, I want Catalonia to become a State, but not independent.
• No, I do not want Catalonia to become a State.

In Catalan the questions are:

• Vol que Catalunya esdevingui un Estat?
• En cas afirmatiu, vol que aquest Estat sigui independent?

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