In a welcome return Syniadau has been keeping us abreast of the ongoing negotiations in Catalonia to form a Government which can form a Government that has enough support to call and hold a Independence referendum.
Last September an Election was called to which was virtually a referendum to give the government support for Independence
It was the first one with a new Alliance t one in which Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) and Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC) ran separately, after the dissolution of the Convergence and Union (CiU) coalition in June 2015. It was the first time this has happened in any kind of election since the 1977 general election. Instead, UDC ran on its own, while CDC ran together with Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), Democrats of Catalonia (DC) and Left Movement (MES) under the Together for Yes (JxSí) platform, with support from members of the pro-independence Catalan National Assembly (ANC), Òmnium and the Municipalities' Association for Independence (AMI), with Artur Mas as the agreed presidential candidate.
The Together for Yes (JxSí)for Yes Alliance narrowly failed to get a overall majority and needed the support of far-left, pro-Catalan independence political party Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP)
This as Mike from Syniadau points out (and more please) this left the independence Parties with three options
It began to look that the Third option would have to taken with another election asking for a mandate but it now looks like ng to look very much like Artur Mas has agreed to withdraw as a candidate to be the next President of the Catalan government, with Carles Puigdemont, the popular CDC mayor of Girona, as the agreed compromise candidate.
This will be confirmed, Today as the (JxSí) and CUP's vote will mean that he will be elected by an absolute majority in tomorrow's emergency session of parliament.
If Catalonia does hold a referendum (which may be blocked by the Spanish Government) and if it is Successful it will be a boost for a second Scottish Independence Referendum.
Indeed both may be in a Race to see which becomes the first to become an Independent Nation But whoever crosses the line first .t would surely mean that the other is inspired to follow very soon afterwards and EU objections to admitting an Independent Catalonia and/or Scotland. would wither away.
Last September an Election was called to which was virtually a referendum to give the government support for Independence
It was the first one with a new Alliance t one in which Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) and Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC) ran separately, after the dissolution of the Convergence and Union (CiU) coalition in June 2015. It was the first time this has happened in any kind of election since the 1977 general election. Instead, UDC ran on its own, while CDC ran together with Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), Democrats of Catalonia (DC) and Left Movement (MES) under the Together for Yes (JxSí) platform, with support from members of the pro-independence Catalan National Assembly (ANC), Òmnium and the Municipalities' Association for Independence (AMI), with Artur Mas as the agreed presidential candidate.
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| Party | Vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | ||
| Together for Yes (JxSí) | 1,620,973 | 39.54 |  3.11 |
62 | 4 |
|
| Citizens-Party of the Citizenry (C's) | 734,910 | 17.93 | 10.36 |
25 | 16 |
|
| Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC-PSOE) | 522,209 | 12.74 |  1.69 |
16 | 4 |
|
| Catalonia Yes we Can (CSQP) | 366,494 | 8.94 | 0.96 |
11 | 2 |
|
| People's Party of Catalonia (PPC) | 348,444 | 8.50 | 4.48 |
11 | 8 |
|
| Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) | 336,375 | 8.20 | 4.72 |
10 | 7 |
|
| Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC) | 102,870 | 2.51 | 5.47 |
0 | 13 |
|
| Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) | 29,785 | 0.73 | 0.16 |
0 | ±0 | |
| Zero Cuts-The Greens (Recortes Cero-Els Verds) | 14,390 | 0.35 | 0.28 |
0 | ±0 | |
| Let's Win Catalonia (Ganemos) | 1,158 | 0.03 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
| Pirates of Catalonia-To Decide Everything (Pirata.cat/XDT) | 326 | 0.01 | 0.49 |
0 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 21,941 | 0.53 | 0.91 |
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The Together for Yes (JxSí)for Yes Alliance narrowly failed to get a overall majority and needed the support of far-left, pro-Catalan independence political party Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP)
This as Mike from Syniadau points out (and more please) this left the independence Parties with three options
• The first possibility is that Artur Mas gets support (or that there are abstentions) from an unexpected source. It would be impossible to imagine the three Spanish unionist parties doing anything but voting against Mas. But it is possible that either one or two CUP members could be ... err ... persuaded, or one or two from Catalunya Sí que es Pot.
But it's only a possibility. CUP's objections to Mas centre on him being too right wing, and CSQP would have exactly the same objections. So I doubt that this will happen.
• The second, and to me most obvious, possibility is for Artur Mas to stand down as a candidate for President, and for someone else to stand instead. As I said in this post several months ago, this could be a figurehead President, with actual power in the hands of, say, two or three vice-Presidents ... and Mas could be one of these.
In essence, this would not be very different from the proposal that Junts pel Sí have already made, namely "a collegiate presidency composed of a President of the government and three government commissions".
• The third possibility is for there to be fresh elections.
It began to look that the Third option would have to taken with another election asking for a mandate but it now looks like ng to look very much like Artur Mas has agreed to withdraw as a candidate to be the next President of the Catalan government, with Carles Puigdemont, the popular CDC mayor of Girona, as the agreed compromise candidate.
This will be confirmed, Today as the (JxSí) and CUP's vote will mean that he will be elected by an absolute majority in tomorrow's emergency session of parliament.
If Catalonia does hold a referendum (which may be blocked by the Spanish Government) and if it is Successful it will be a boost for a second Scottish Independence Referendum.
Indeed both may be in a Race to see which becomes the first to become an Independent Nation But whoever crosses the line first .t would surely mean that the other is inspired to follow very soon afterwards and EU objections to admitting an Independent Catalonia and/or Scotland. would wither away.
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Agree it is great to see more from Syniadau. Hope he has time to do an update on Welsh medium education. His previous blogs on the theme were well researched and informative.
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