Two days before the referendum on the independence of Catalonia, which has been banned by Spanish justice, the separatist leaders, more determined than when, will present details of Sunday's vote, while the Spanish authorities are raising the threat of sanctions and investigations.
"We will reach the end," Catalonia's President Carls Pudeton said yesterday during a meeting with representatives of educational establishments where polling stations are likely to work, assembling together with the local government the "full responsibility" of the organization of the referendum.
For weeks now, she plays the cat with the mouse with the central government to hide the ballots, the ballot papers or the opening of websites where voters can find the address of their electorate.
Yesterday, a demonstration of pupils and students in favor of the referendum accounted for 16,000 people, according to the police, 80,000, according to the organizers.
The young people gave today's appointment in front of the University of Barcelona, a historic building in the city center.
"We will vote! Independence! "Shouted protesters.
Spain has experienced many separatist tensions in the Basque Country and Catalonia. Since the beginning of November, it has been going through its most serious political crisis for 40 years, according to its leadership.
